Opelt

Crater, craters · 48.7 km across · -16.32°, -17.64° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約48.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Friedrich Wilhelm; German astronomer (1794-1863), Otto Moritz; German astronomer (1829-1912).

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 · 5

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。

Opelt E7.4 km

Opelt F4 km

Opelt G3.7 km

Opelt H2.7 km

Opelt K4.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Opelt 谷（リマ）83 km

Gould クレーター90 km

Mare Nubium 海130 km

Mons Moro 山150 km

Guericke クレーター176 km

Darney クレーター181 km

Lubiniezky クレーター187 km

Bullialdus クレーター189 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