Luther

Crater, craters · 9.3 km across · 33.2°, 24.15° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約9.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Carl Theodor Robert; German astronomer (1822-1900).

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 · 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。

Luther H6.9 km

Luther K3.5 km

Luther X3.6 km

Luther Y3.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Daniell 谷（リマ）131 km

Rimae Posidonius 谷（リマ）144 km

Posidonius クレーター155 km

Daniell クレーター188 km

Dorsa Smirnov 尾根209 km

Lacus Somniorum 湖211 km

Chacornac クレーター219 km

Rimae Chacornac 谷（リマ）224 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