C. Herschel
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| C. Herschel and Heis ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 34.46 ° N , 31.31 ° W | |
| diameter | 14 km | |
| Card sheet | 24 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
C. Herschel is a small impact crater in the western part of the Mare Imbrium . He lies on a ridge of the sea called Dorsum Heim . To the south-southwest is the similarly shaped crater Heis .
C. Herschel is circular and bowl-shaped and shows no noticeable traces of erosion. The inside of the crater does not differ in its albedo from the surroundings.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| C. | 37.21 ° N , 32.63 ° W | 7 km | [1] |
| E. | 34.19 ° N , 34.7 ° W | 5 km | [2] |
| U | 36.18 ° N , 31.45 ° W | 3 km | [3] |
| V | 36.44 ° N , 33.5 ° W | 3 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British astronomer Caroline Herschel .
See also
Web links
Commons : C. Herschel (crater) - collection of images
- C. Herschel on The-Moon Wiki
- C. Herschel crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
Individual evidence
- ↑ C. Herschel in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS