Hortensius

Crater, craters · 14.2 km across · 6.47°, -28° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約14.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Hove, Martin van den; Dutch astronomer (1605-1639).

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

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。

Hortensius A9.5 km

Hortensius B6.2 km

Hortensius C6.3 km

Hortensius D7.1 km

Hortensius E15.3 km

Hortensius F6.3 km

Hortensius G4.1 km

Hortensius H6.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Mare Insularum 海89 km

Milichius クレーター126 km

Rima Milichius 谷（リマ）154 km

Kunowsky クレーター169 km

Reinhold クレーター183 km

Lansberg クレーター210 km

Rima T. Mayer 谷（リマ）229 km

Fauth クレーター237 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