Banting (moon crater)
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| position | 26.57 ° N , 16.42 ° E | |
| diameter | 5 km | |
| depth | 1130 m | |
| Card sheet | 42 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Frederick Banting (1891-1941) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Banting is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the moon , near the center of Mare Serenitatis . The surface of its surroundings is flat and without any noticeable characteristics. The crater was known as Linnaeus E before it was renamed in 1973 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) after the Canadian doctor Sir Frederick Grant Banting . The main Linnaeus crater is west-northwest.
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 270
Web links
- Banting in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Banting crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
- The-moon.wikispaces.com: Banting (English)
