Valier

Crater, craters · 65.1 km across · 6.65°, 174.26° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約65.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Max; German rocketry engineer (1895-1930).

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。

Valier J28.4 km

Valier P6.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Tiselius クレーター74 km

Šafařík クレーター136 km

Dufay クレーター146 km

Stein クレーター146 km

Sharonov クレーター177 km

Coriolis クレーター199 km

Virtanen クレーター282 km

Anderson クレーター288 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