Asada (moon crater)
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| Asada (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 7.22 ° N , 49.88 ° E | |
| diameter | 13 km | |
| depth | 2250 m | |
| Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Asada Gōryū (1734–1799) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Asada is a small impact crater on the northern edge of Mare Fecunditatis , northeast of Taruntius crater and in a direct line north of Anville .
Asada is bowl-shaped and has a small central crater floor.
Before it was given its own name by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 , it was referred to as 'Taruntius A'.
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 270
Web links
- Asada in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Asada crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
