Billy (moon crater)

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Billy
Billy (moon equatorial region)
Billy
position 13.83 °  S , 50.23 °  W Coordinates: 13 ° 49 '48 "  S , 50 ° 13' 48"  W.
diameter 46 km
depth 1290 m
Card sheet 74 (PDF)
Named after Jacques de Billy (1602–1679)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Billy is an impact crater to the west of the front of the moon , on the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum , southeast of Hansteen crater and north of Mersenius . The rim of the crater is moderately eroded, the interior of the crater is flat.

List of Billy's minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 14.34 °  S , 46.33 °  W 7 km [1]
B. 12.2 °  S , 47.66 °  W 21 km [2]
C. 16.09 °  S , 49.14 °  W 6 km [3]
D. 14.87 °  S , 48.39 °  W 11 km [4]
E. 14.98 °  S , 49.8 °  W 3 km [5]
H 15.67 °  S , 49.83 °  W 3 km [6]
K 12.98 °  S , 48.84 °  W 5 km [7]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French mathematician Jacques de Billy .

Web links

  • Billy in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Billy on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .