Hesiodus

Crater, craters · 43.2 km across · -29.42°, -16.42° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約43.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Hesiod; Greek humanitarian (c. 735 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 · 7

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。

Hesiodus A14.1 km

Hesiodus B9.9 km

Hesiodus D4.6 km

Hesiodus E3.2 km

Hesiodus X23.9 km

Hesiodus Y17.8 km

Hesiodus Z3.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Pitatus 谷（リマ）75 km

Pitatus クレーター77 km

Weiss クレーター109 km

Wurzelbauer クレーター140 km

Rima Hesiodus 谷（リマ）147 km

Gauricus クレーター166 km

Cichus クレーター170 km

Rupes Mercator 崖171 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