Ameghino (moon crater)
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| Ameghino (middle left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 3.29 ° N , 57.03 ° O | |
| diameter | 9 km | |
| Card sheet | 62 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Ameghino is a small impact crater north of the Sinus Successus , a bay in the northeastern part of the Mare Fecunditatis . The landing sites of the Russian lunar probes Luna 18 and Luna 20 are less than 15 kilometers to the northwest.
Before the renaming by the IAU , he served as Apollonius C known. The main crater Apollonius lies east-northeast of Ameghino.