Akis (moon crater)

Akis

Akis and its surroundings

position

20 ° N , 31.76 ° W Coordinates: 20 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 31 ° 45 ′ 36 ″ W.

diameter

2 km

Card sheet

39 (PDF)

Named after

Greek female first name

Named since

1976

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

2.28

Akis is a small impact crater on the front of the moon, northwest of Natasha crater .

The name designation goes back to an originally unofficial designation on sheet 39C2 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.

Web links

Akis in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Akis on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

↑ Topophotomap 39C2 / S1
^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977

[1] Topophotomap 39C2 / S1

[2] Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977