Atwood (moon crater)
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| Atwood (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 5.87 ° S , 57.74 ° E | |
| diameter | 29 km | |
| depth | 2500 m | |
| Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
| Named after | George Atwood (1745-1807) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Atwood is a small lunar crater in Mare Fecunditatis , near the foot of the striking Langrenus crater , to which its southern rim is connected by low ridges of ejecta. Together with the Bilharz craters on its western rim and Naonobu in the north, it forms a group of three. All three were previously considered to be Langrenus satellite craters .
Atwood is approximately circular and bowl-shaped and has a low central elevation in its interior, which is connected to the northern rim of the crater by a chain of hills.
The crater was referred to as Langrenus K before it was given its current name by the IAU in 1976 .
Web links
- Atwood in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Atwood crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 270