Moretus

Crater, craters · 114.5 km across · -70.63°, -5.95° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約114.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Moret, Theodore; Belgian mathematician (1602-1667).

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 · 2

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。

Moretus A34.6 km

Moretus C16.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Gruemberger クレーター119 km

Short クレーター120 km

Cysatus クレーター134 km

Curtius クレーター156 km

Newton クレーター203 km

Simpelius クレーター206 km

Klaproth クレーター209 km

Casatus クレーター243 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