Kopff

Crater, craters · 40.5 km across · -17.39°, -89.68° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約40.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

August; German astronomer (1882-1960).

Source of the name: Germany (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · 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 · 4

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。

Kopff B7.5 km

Kopff C13.7 km

Kopff D12.6 km

Kopff E11.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Kopff 谷（リマ）94 km

Lacus Veris 湖113 km

Hohmann クレーター133 km

Maunder クレーター150 km

Mare Orientale 海162 km

Montes Cordillera 山163 km

Montes Rook 山164 km

Lallemand クレーター183 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