Auzout (moon crater)
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| Auzout (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 10.17 ° N , 63.95 ° O | |
| diameter | 33 km | |
| depth | 3850 m | |
| Card sheet | 62 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Adrien Auzout (1622-1691) | |
| Named since | 1961 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Auzout is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the lunar front , near the southern edge of Mare Crisium , north of Firmicus crater . The crater rim is little eroded, the interior is uneven and shows traces of landslides.
| Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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| A. | Renamed to van Albada (moon crater) | |||
| B. | Renamed to Krogh (moon crater) | |||
| C. | 8.74 ° N , 65.21 ° O | 17 km | [1] | |
| D. | 9.38 ° N , 62.43 ° O | 12 km | [2] | |
| E. | 9.51 ° N , 60.59 ° O | 17 km | [3] | |
| L. | 8.28 ° N , 61.2 ° E | 9 km | [4] | |
| R. | 8.66 ° N , 60.01 ° O | 8 kilometers | [5] | |
| U | 9.31 ° N , 60.99 ° O | 8 kilometers | [6] | |
| V | 9.28 ° N , 61.26 ° E | 8 kilometers | [7] | |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1961 after the French astronomer and physicist Adrien Auzout .
Web links
- Auzout in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Auzout on The-Moon Wiki
- Auzout on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .