Bouguer (moon crater)
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| Bouguer with side craters in the east of Harpalus ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 52.32 ° N , 35.82 ° W | |
| diameter | 22 km | |
| Card sheet | 11 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bouguer is an impact crater on the southern edge of Mare Frigoris , north of Bianchini crater . It lies on an almost straight line between the craters La Condamine in the west and Foucault in a west-southwest direction. The eye-catching Harpalus crater can be seen directly to the west .
Bouguer is a relatively young crater with a well-defined rim. It is essentially circular, but has slight bulges of the crater wall in the east, north-northwest and southwest. In the eastern bulge there are traces of scree slides. The crater floor takes up about half the diameter and is relatively flat and without features.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 52.6 ° N , 33.92 ° W | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 53.35 ° N , 33.07 ° W | 8 kilometers | [2] |
Web links
- Bouguer in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Bouguer crater in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon , image iv_151_h3
- Bouguer crater in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon , image iv_158_h3
