Beketov (moon crater)
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| position | 16.23 ° N , 29.18 ° E | |
| diameter | 8 kilometers | |
| depth | 1070 m | |
| Card sheet | 42 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Nikolai Beketow (1827-1911) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Beketov is a small impact crater in the northern foothills of the Mare Tranquillitatis . The ghost crater Jansen R is located to the south . To the northeast, on the edge of the Mare , lies the Vitruvius crater . Beketov was known as Jansen C before it was renamed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 . The main Jansen crater is filled in to the south.
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 270
Web links
- Beketov in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Beketov crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
