Bunsen (moon crater)
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| Bunsen crater, bottom left Bunsen D ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 41.3 ° N , 85.35 ° W | |
| diameter | 55 km | |
| Card sheet | 22 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bunsen is an impact crater on the northwestern edge of the front of the moon west of Oceanus Procellarum . In the southeast lies the Lavoisier crater , in the west lies von Braun . The Bunsen Wall is badly eroded. In its interior, Bunsen has the fracture structures of a floor-fractured crater .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 43.13 ° N , 88.7 ° W | 42 km | [1] |
| B. | 44.19 ° N , 87.94 ° W | 21 km | [2] |
| C. | 44.16 ° N , 89.8 ° W | 19 km | [3] |
| D. | 40.84 ° N , 86.66 ° W | 14 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the German chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen .