Angstrom (moon crater)
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| position | 29.9 ° N , 41.67 ° W | |
| diameter | 10 km | |
| depth | 2030 m | |
| Card sheet | 39 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Anders Jonas Ångström (1814–1874) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Angstrom is a small impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum . To the south, the Harbinger Mountains and the Rimae Prinz rises above the surface of the lunar ocean . To the east rise the mountain ranges of the Dorsum Bucher and Dorsum Argand . To the west is the Krieger crater .
The circular, bowl-shaped crater has an inner bottom surface with no significant features. The crater rim is interrupted by a few small impacts. The sloping inner walls have a higher albedo than the surrounding Maria .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 30.89 ° N , 41.16 ° W | 6 km | [1] |
| B. | 31.76 ° N , 44.19 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1935 after the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Ångström . The official name is, contrary to the usual spelling of the namesake, not "Ångström", but "Angström".
Web links
- Angstrom in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Angstrom on The-Moon Wiki
- Angstrom crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .