Ann (moon crater)

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Ann
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Ann ( Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recording)
Ann (moon equatorial region)
Ann
position 25.09 °  N , 0.07 °  W Coordinates: 25 ° 5 '24 "  N , 0 ° 4' 12"  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

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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.

Ann, Michael and Patricia ( Apollo 15 recording)

Web links

  • Ann in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Ann on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Topophotomap 41A3 / S1
  2. ^ 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