Bonpland (moon crater)
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| position | 8.38 ° S , 17.33 ° W | |
| diameter | 59 km | |
| depth | 730 m | |
| Card sheet | 76 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bonpland (top left; photo of Apollo 16 )
Bonpland is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the level of the Mare Cognitum , immediately adjacent to the southern wall of the crater Fra Mauro and partially covered by Parry in the east .
The crater is very badly eroded and in the southern part the wall has almost disappeared. The interior runs through the system of grooves in the Rimae Parry .
| Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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| C. | 10.25 ° S , 17.55 ° W | 4 km | [1] | |
| D. | 10.18 ° S , 18.32 ° W | 5 km | [2] | |
| Renamed to Kuiper | ||||
| F. | 7.35 ° S , 19.41 ° W | 4 km | [3] | |
| G | 11.63 ° S , 18.86 ° W | 4 km | [4] | |
| H | 11.39 ° S , 20.02 ° W | 4 km | [5] | |
| J | 11.41 ° S , 20.46 ° W | 3 km | [6] | |
| L. | 7.57 ° S , 21.26 ° W | 3 km | [7] | |
| N | 9.44 ° S , 21.53 ° W | 2 km | [8th] | |
| P | 10.96 ° S , 21.61 ° W | 2 km | [9] | |
| R. | 10.73 ° S , 18.66 ° W | 2 km | [10] | |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French botanist Aimé Bonpland , friend and companion of Alexander von Humboldt .
Web links
- Bonpland in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Bonpland 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 .