Hevelius

Crater, craters · 113.9 km across · 2.2°, -67.46° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約113.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Howelcke, Johann; Polish astronomer (1611-1687).

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

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。

Hevelius A14 km

Hevelius B13.5 km

Hevelius D7.8 km

Hevelius E8.8 km

Hevelius J13.1 km

Hevelius K5.7 km

Hevelius L7.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Hevelius 谷（リマ）53 km

Lohrmann クレーター80 km

Cavalerius クレーター89 km

Planitia Descensus 平原181 km

Rimae Riccioli 谷（リマ）204 km

Grimaldi クレーター231 km

Riccioli クレーター262 km

Rimae Grimaldi 谷（リマ）276 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