Messala

Crater, craters · 122.4 km across · 39.31°, 60.06° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約122.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

(Ma-Sa-Allah); Jewish astronomer (unkn- c. 815).

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

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 · 9

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。

Messala A24.9 km

Messala B16.4 km

Messala C11.5 km

Messala D28.7 km

Messala E38.8 km

Messala F32.3 km

Messala G30.7 km

Messala J13.3 km

Messala K13.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Schumacher クレーター96 km

Hooke クレーター133 km

Bernoulli クレーター133 km

Carrington クレーター148 km

Geminus クレーター170 km

Lacus Spei 湖172 km

Shuckburgh クレーター196 km

Berzelius クレーター233 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