Ostwald

Crater, craters · 108.1 km across · 10.24°, 121.95° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約108.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Wilhelm; German chemist; Nobel laureate (1853-1932).

Source of the name: Germany (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · 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 · 1

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。

Ostwald Y27 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Carol クレーター55 km

Kasper クレーター59 km

Recht クレーター63 km

Melissa クレーター64 km

Ewen クレーター79 km

Shahinaz クレーター82 km

Romeo クレーター85 km

Ibn Firnas クレーター104 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