Adams (moon crater)
Adams | ||
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From Adams Lunar Orbiter 4 added | ||
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position | 31.86 ° S , 68.34 ° E | |
diameter | 63 km | |
depth | 4190 m | |
Card sheet | 98 (PDF) | |
Named after |
John Couch Adams (1819–1892) Charles Hitchcock Adams (1868–1951) Walter Sydney Adams (1876–1956) |
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Named since | 1970 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Adams is an impact crater to the east of the lunar front , southeast of Mare Fecunditatis , southeast of Petavius crater, and south of Legendre .
The crater is moderately eroded with a largely flat interior. It was officially named in 1970 by the IAU after the British astronomer John Couch Adams and the American astronomers Charles Hitchcock Adams and Walter Sydney Adams .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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B. | 31.54 ° S , 65.67 ° O | 31 km | [1] |
C. | 32.35 ° S , 65.52 ° O | 11 km | [2] |
D. | 32.42 ° S , 71.4 ° E | 46 km | [3] |
M. | 34.72 ° S , 69.3 ° E | 25 km | [4] |
P | 35.14 ° S , 70.87 ° O | 25 km | [5] |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .