Alan (moon crater)
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Catena Davy with Alan ( Lunar Orbiter IV) | ||
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position | 10.95 ° S , 6.22 ° W | |
diameter | 2 km | |
Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
Named after | Irish male name | |
Named since | 1976 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Alan is a small impact crater on the front of the moon . It is part of the Catena Davy crater chain , which runs in a north-easterly direction through the interior of the Davy Y crater , which lies to the east of the Mare Cognitum .
The name designation goes back to an originally unofficial designation on sheet 77D1 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was adopted by the IAU in 1976.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Topophotomap 77D1 / 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