Beaumont (moon crater)
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| Beaumont (top right) with Rupes Altai ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 18.08 ° S , 28.8 ° E | |
| diameter | 51 km | |
| depth | 550 m | |
| Card sheet | 96 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Léonce Élie de Beaumont (1798–1874) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Beaumont is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the western edge of Mare Nectaris , east of Catharina crater and northwest of Fracastorius . The crater is relatively flat, heavily eroded, and the crater floor is uneven.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 16.31 ° S , 27.77 ° O | 14 km | [1] |
| B. | 18.74 ° S , 26.77 ° E | 15 km | [2] |
| C. | 20.26 ° S , 27.92 ° O | 6 km | [3] |
| D. | 17.11 ° S , 26.13 ° E | 11 km | [4] |
| E. | 18.89 ° S , 27.48 ° E | 16 km | [5] |
| F. | 18.37 ° S , 26.59 ° E | 9 km | [6] |
| G | 20.39 ° S , 27.12 ° E | 8 kilometers | [7] |
| H | 17.09 ° S , 28.53 ° O | 4 km | [8th] |
| J | 19.96 ° S , 26.49 ° E | 5 km | [9] |
| K | 17.54 ° S , 30.05 ° O | 5 km | [10] |
| L. | 14.48 ° S , 30 ° E | 4 km | [11] |
| M. | 19.46 ° S , 28.6 ° E | 10 km | [12] |
| N | 16.98 ° S , 27.76 ° O | 5 km | [13] |
| P | 19.95 ° S , 29.59 ° O | 16 km | [14] |
| R. | 17.96 ° S , 30.69 ° O | 4 km | [15] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French geologist Léonce Élie de Beaumont .
Web links
- Beaumont in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Beaumont 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 .