Bowen (moon crater)
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| position | 17.61 ° N , 9.1 ° E | |
| diameter | 8 kilometers | |
| depth | 1100 m | |
| Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Ira S. Bowen (1898–1973) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bowen is a small impact crater southwest of the Montes Haemus , on the edge of a small mare called Lacus Doloris . It differs from the other, mostly bowl-shaped, small craters by its relatively flat inner floor. Bowen was known as Manilius A before it was renamed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1973 . The Manilius crater lies to the south, on the opposite bank of the Lacus Doloris .
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2000, p. 271
Web links
- Bowen in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Bowen Crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
