Mercator

Crater, craters · 46.3 km across · -29.25°, -26.11° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約46.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Gerard De Kremer (Gerhardus Mercator); Belgian cartographer, geographer, mathematician (1512-1594).

Source of the name: Belgium (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Belgium

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 · 10

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。

Mercator A8.2 km

Mercator B7.7 km

Mercator C7.7 km

Mercator D6.6 km

Mercator E5.3 km

Mercator F3.1 km

Mercator G14 km

Mercator K3.9 km

Mercator L3.7 km

Mercator M3.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Campanus クレーター60 km

Rupes Mercator 崖91 km

Palus Epidemiarum 沼91 km

Marth クレーター103 km

Rima Hesiodus 谷（リマ）119 km

Kies クレーター129 km

Rimae Hippalus 谷（リマ）141 km

Capuanus クレーター148 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