Heraclitus

Crater, craters · 85.7 km across · -49.31°, 6.42° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約85.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Greek philosopher (c. 540-480 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 · 5

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。

Heraclitus A5 km

Heraclitus C6.9 km

Heraclitus D56.1 km

Heraclitus E7 km

Heraclitus K16.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Licetus クレーター64 km

Cuvier クレーター71 km

Clairaut クレーター156 km

Lilius クレーター161 km

Faraday クレーター214 km

Breislak クレーター239 km

Maginus クレーター244 km

Jacobi クレーター244 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