Thiel

Crater, craters · 35.7 km across · 40.17°, -134.56° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約35.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Walter; German rocket builder (1910-1943).

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。

Thiel T33 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Quetelet クレーター77 km

Charlier クレーター138 km

Perrine クレーター162 km

Von Zeipel クレーター179 km

Gullstrand クレーター181 km

Klute クレーター197 km

Schlesinger クレーター232 km

Teisserenc クレーター252 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