KUON GEO

Kies

Crater, craters · 45.5 km across · -26.31°, -22.63° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約45.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Johann; German mathematician, astronomer (1713-1781).
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 · 5

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。
Kies A14.5 km
Kies B9.4 km
Kies C4.7 km
Kies D5.6 km
Kies E6.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
König クレーター84 km
Rupes Mercator 崖118 km
Mercator クレーター129 km
Rima Hesiodus 谷（リマ）130 km
Campanus クレーター152 km
Bullialdus クレーター169 km
Weiss クレーター184 km
Rimae Hippalus 谷（リマ）185 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