Amundsen (moon crater)
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Amundsen ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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position | 84.44 ° S , 83.07 ° O | |
diameter | 103 km | |
depth | 5870 m | |
Card sheet | 144 (PDF) | |
Named after | Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) | |
Named since | 1964 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Amundsen is an impact crater on the front of the Moon near the South Pole, southeast of Scott crater and north of Faustini . The relatively young crater has pronounced terracing at the edge , the interior is largely flat with a central mountain .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen .
Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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A. | Renamed to Hédervári | |||
C. | 80.76 ° S , 85.66 ° O | 26 km | [1] |
Web links
- Amundsen in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Amundsen on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .