Ann (moon crater)
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Ann ( Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recording) | ||
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position | 25.09 ° N , 0.07 ° W | |
diameter | 2 km | |
Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
Named after | female first name | |
Named since | 1976 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Ann is a small impact crater on the front of the moon on the southern edge of the Palus Putredinis .
The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 41A3 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Topophotomap 41A3 / 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