Heron (Hero)

Crater, craters · 28.1 km across · 0.65°, 119.88° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約28.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Egyptian inventor (unkn-c. 100 B.C.).

Source of the name: Egypt (Africa) · Approved by the IAU 1976 · Other features named after Egypt

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 · 2

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。

Heron (Hero) H17.9 km

Heron (Hero) Y15.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Ctesibius クレーター35 km

Soddy クレーター58 km

Abul Wáfa クレーター99 km

Sita クレーター123 km

Mons Ganau 山127 km

King クレーター132 km

Mons Dieter 山133 km

Mons Ardeshir 山137 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