Maestlin

Crater, craters · 6.8 km across · 4.9°, -40.72° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約6.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Michael; German mathematician (1550-1631).

Source of the name: Germany (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1961 · 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。

Maestlin G3.3 km

Maestlin H7.1 km

Maestlin R60.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Maestlin 谷（リマ）62 km

Encke クレーター122 km

Kepler クレーター127 km

Rima Suess 谷（リマ）201 km

Suess クレーター212 km

Kunowsky クレーター253 km

Rima Milichius 谷（リマ）255 km

Flamsteed クレーター305 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