Snellius

Crater, craters · 86 km across · -29.33°, 55.7° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約86km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Snell, Willebrod van Roijen; Dutch mathematician, astronomer, optician (1580-1626).

Source of the name: The Netherlands (Dutch) (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after The Netherlands (Dutch)

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 · 7

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。

Snellius A34.5 km

Snellius B25.3 km

Snellius C8.7 km

Snellius D8.1 km

Snellius E11.9 km

Snellius X9.1 km

Snellius Y11.1 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Vallis Snellius 谷74 km

Stevinus クレーター104 km

Wrottesley クレーター167 km

Rimae Petavius 谷（リマ）179 km

Petavius クレーター182 km

Hase クレーター184 km

Reichenbach クレーター207 km

Rima Furnerius 谷（リマ）229 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