Helicon

Crater, craters · 23.7 km across · 40.43°, -23.11° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約23.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Greek astronomer, mathematician (fl. c. 361 B.C.).

Source of the name: Greek (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Greek

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.

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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 4

Smaller craters that share this name with a letter added. The IAU records them under the same origin, so they are listed here rather than given pages of their own.
この名前に英字を足した小さなクレーターです。由来は親と同じものとして登録されているため、ここに並べています。

Helicon B5.5 km

Helicon C1.3 km

Helicon E2.7 km

Helicon G2.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.

Le Verrier クレーター58 km

Zi Wei クレーター138 km

Guang Han Gong 地形138 km

Tian Shi クレーター138 km

Tai Wei クレーター139 km

Promontorium Laplace 岬201 km

Carlini クレーター204 km

Sinus Iridum 入り江236 km

Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA