Nicolai

Crater, craters · 40.5 km across · -42.47°, 25.87° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約40.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried; German astronomer (1793-1846).

Source of the name: Germany (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · 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 · 15

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。

Nicolai A13.7 km

Nicolai B12.4 km

Nicolai C25.6 km

Nicolai D5.8 km

Nicolai E12.2 km

Nicolai G10.5 km

Nicolai H17.7 km

Nicolai J7.8 km

Nicolai K22.2 km

Nicolai L10.8 km

Nicolai M10.2 km

Nicolai P28.2 km

Nicolai Q29.4 km

Nicolai R5.5 km

Nicolai Z22.1 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

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Buch クレーター217 km

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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