Herschel

Crater, craters · 39.1 km across · -5.69°, -2.09° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約39.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Sir William; German-born British astronomer (1738-1822).

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

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 · 8

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。

Herschel C9.9 km

Herschel D19.2 km

Herschel F5.8 km

Herschel G12.3 km

Herschel H4.7 km

Herschel J4.9 km

Herschel N14.4 km

Herschel X2.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Spörer クレーター43 km

Gyldén クレーター71 km

Flammarion クレーター87 km

Ammonius クレーター94 km

Ptolemaeus クレーター105 km

Rima Flammarion 谷（リマ）127 km

Réaumur クレーター130 km

Oppolzer クレーター136 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.
All named features ｜ KUON THE MOON map ｜ About the map ｜ Every landing site on the Moon

DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA