Bianchini (moon crater)
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| Bianchini with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 48.77 ° N , 34.4 ° W | |
| diameter | 38 km | |
| depth | 3100 m | |
| Card sheet | 11 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Francesco Bianchini (1662–1729) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bianchini is an impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon , west of the Montes Jura , on the northern edge of the Sinus Iridum . The crater is hardly eroded and has a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| D. | 47.55 ° N , 35.71 ° W | 7 km | [1] |
| G | 46.69 ° N , 32.82 ° W | 4 km | [2] |
| H | 48.08 ° N , 32.88 ° W | 6 km | [3] |
| M. | 48.37 ° N , 30.69 ° W | 4 km | [4] |
| N | 48.55 ° N , 31.1 ° W | 5 km | [5] |
| W. | 48.55 ° N , 33.87 ° W | 7 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer Francesco Bianchini .
Web links
- Bianchini in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Bianchini 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 .