Barnard (moon crater)
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| Barnard (left) and Humboldt (right) on a photo of Apollo 15 | ||
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| position | 29.68 ° S , 85.89 ° O | |
| diameter | 116 km | |
| depth | 2660 m | |
| Card sheet | 99 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Edward Barnard (1857-1923) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Barnard is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , northwest of Mare Australe , southeast of the large Humboldt crater , which it immediately adjoins. The crater rim is heavily eroded and is overlaid by the side crater Barnard A in the south . The inside is uneven.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 32.06 ° S , 85.11 ° O | 16 km | [1] |
| D. | 31.38 ° S , 89.13 ° O | 52 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the American astronomer Edward Barnard .
Web links
- Barnard in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Barnard 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 .