Krafft

Crater, craters · 51.2 km across · 16.56°, -72.72° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約51.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Wolfgang Ludwig; German-Russian astronomer, physicist (1743-1814).

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。

Krafft C12.5 km

Krafft D12.2 km

Krafft E9.6 km

Krafft H14.8 km

Krafft K12.1 km

Krafft L19.8 km

Krafft M10.8 km

Krafft U3.1 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Catena Krafft クレーター列52 km

Cardanus クレーター100 km

Eddington クレーター151 km

Rima Cardanus 谷（リマ）166 km

Seleucus クレーター222 km

Struve クレーター236 km

Glushko クレーター295 km

Olbers クレーター299 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