Bohr (moon crater)
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| Bohr and Vasco da Gama, below left Vallis Bohr ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 12.66 ° N , 86.49 ° W | |
| diameter | 70 km | |
| depth | 4090 m | |
| Card sheet | 55 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Niels Bohr; Danish physicist; Nobel Laureate (1885–1962). | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bohr is an impact crater on the westernmost edge of the front of the moon , so, if at all, it is only visible from Earth in a strongly distorted manner. In the northeast it touches the wall of Vasco da Gama , in the northwest lies the crater Einstein . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded and partially overlaid by younger craters.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the Danish physicist Niels Bohr .
The moon valley Vallis Bohr is southwest of Bohr .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .