Hess

Crater, craters · 90.4 km across · -54.47°, 174.19° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約90.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Victor Franz (Francis); American physicist (1883-1964); Harry Hammond; American geologist (1906-1969).

Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after American

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 · 3

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。

Hess M25.2 km

Hess W25.9 km

Hess Z81.1 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Boyle クレーター75 km

Abbe クレーター95 km

Poincaré クレーター189 km

Haret クレーター206 km

Cajori クレーター231 km

Alder クレーター231 km

Hegu クレーター256 km

Zhinyu クレーター279 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