Thiessen

Crater, craters · 66.4 km across · 74.86°, -169.5° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約66.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Georg Heinrich; German astronomer (1914-1961).

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 · 2

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。

Thiessen Q35.3 km

Thiessen W22 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Ricco クレーター106 km

Roberts クレーター134 km

Milanković クレーター151 km

Heymans クレーター194 km

Poinsot クレーター199 km

Karpinskiy クレーター211 km

Plaskett クレーター221 km

Kirkwood クレーター232 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