Riedel

Crater, craters · 49.1 km across · -48.89°, -140.05° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約49.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Klaus; German rocketry scientist (1907-1944); Walter; German rocket scientist (1902-1968).

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 · 3

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。

Riedel G25 km

Riedel Q23.4 km

Riedel Z29.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Karrer クレーター105 km

Leavitt クレーター122 km

Grissom クレーター172 km

Tiling クレーター179 km

L. Clark クレーター233 km

Anders クレーター240 km

Minkowski クレーター244 km

Chawla クレーター250 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