Banachiewicz (moon crater)
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| Banachiewicz (bottom left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 5.28 ° N , 80.01 ° O | |
| diameter | 99 km | |
| depth | 1680 m | |
| Card sheet | 63 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Tadeusz Banachiewicz (1882–1954) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Banachiewicz is an impact crater on the far eastern edge of the Moon's front , southwest of Neper Crater . The crater is very badly eroded and the wall is largely leveled.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 5.32 ° N , 78.99 ° O | 23 km | [1] |
| C. | 6.98 ° N , 75.27 ° O | 21 km | [2] |
| E. | 7.53 ° N , 74.71 ° O | 9 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the Polish astronomer and mathematician Tadeusz Banachiewicz .
Web links
- Banachiewicz in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Banachiewicz 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 .