KUON GEO

Virchow

Crater, craters · 18.8 km across · 9.88°, 83.77° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約18.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Rudolph Ludwig Karl; German doctor, pathologist (1821-1902).
Source of the name: Germany (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1979 · 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.
Neper クレーター42 km
Theiler クレーター109 km
Mare Marginis 海118 km
Tacchini クレーター158 km
Sabatier クレーター173 km
Knox-Shaw クレーター174 km
Jansky クレーター176 km
Banachiewicz クレーター180 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