Schmidt

Crater, craters · 11.1 km across · 0.96°, 18.78° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約11.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Johann Friedrich Julius; German astronomer (1825-1884); Bernhard Voldemar; German optician (1879-1935); Otto Yulyevich; Soviet astronomer (1891-1956).

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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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Ritter クレーター33 km

Sabine クレーター41 km

Dionysius クレーター71 km

Rimae Ritter 谷（リマ）81 km

Delambre クレーター98 km

Aldrin クレーター101 km

Theon Senior クレーター115 km

Manners クレーター115 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