Messier

Crater, craters · 13.8 km across · -1.9°, 47.65° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約13.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Charles; French astronomer (1730-1817).

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

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 · 6

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。

Messier A11 km

Messier B6.9 km

Messier D7.8 km

Messier E5 km

Messier J3.7 km

Messier L5.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Dorsa Cato 尾根64 km

Rima Messier 谷（リマ）100 km

Amontons クレーター108 km

Dorsum Cushman 尾根111 km

Anville クレーター127 km

Dorsum Cayeux 尾根135 km

Rimae Secchi 谷（リマ）139 km

Catena Taruntius クレーター列153 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.
All named features ｜ KUON THE MOON map ｜ About the map ｜ Every landing site on the Moon

DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA