Klein

Crater, craters · 43.5 km across · -11.99°, 2.53° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約43.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Hermann Joseph; German astronomer (1844-1914).

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 · 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。

Klein A9 km

Klein B5.6 km

Klein C5.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Albategnius クレーター49 km

Parrot クレーター81 km

José クレーター126 km

Soraya クレーター126 km

Monira クレーター127 km

Müller クレーター133 km

Ravi クレーター134 km

Vogel クレーター136 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