Kepler

Crater, craters · 29.5 km across · 8.12°, -38.01° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約29.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Johannes; German astronomer (1571-1630).

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

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。

Kepler A10.7 km

Kepler B6.2 km

Kepler C11.5 km

Kepler D9.5 km

Kepler E5.2 km

Kepler F6.1 km

Kepler P4.1 km

Kepler T2.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Encke クレーター115 km

Maestlin クレーター127 km

Rima Milichius 谷（リマ）154 km

Rimae Maestlin 谷（リマ）176 km

Bessarion クレーター205 km

Mare Insularum 海222 km

Kunowsky クレーター222 km

Milichius クレーター240 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