Abetti (moon crater)
| Abetti | ||
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| Mons Argaeus (center) with Abetti ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 20.11 ° N , 27.82 ° O | |
| diameter | 2 km | |
| Card sheet | 42 (PDF) | |
| Named after |
Antonio Abetti (1846–1928) Giorgio Abetti (1882–1982) |
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| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Abetti is a very small impact crater near the southeastern edge of Mare Serenitatis , northwest of Mons Argaeus .
Apollo 17 image. Abetti is probably the ghost crater at the top right at the end of the ridge (north above)
The exact location is unclear, as it is drawn in different positions on various NASA maps (compare LM-42 Mare Serenitatis , LTO-42C2 Clerke and LTO-42C3 Dawes ) and the position given in the IAU's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature is not clearly recognizable Crater corresponds and also differs from the NASA positions. The structure most closely related to IAU position and size is a ghost crater .
Abetti was named by the IAU after the two Italian astronomers Antonio Abetti (1846–1928) and Giorgio Abetti (1882–1982).
Web links
- Abetti in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Abetti on The-Moon Wiki
- Abetti crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
