Cameron (moon crater)
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| position | 6.17 ° N , 45.93 ° O | |
| diameter | 11 km | |
| depth | 2190 m | |
| Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Robert Curry Cameron (1925-1972). | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Cameron is a small impact crater on the northwestern rim of Taruntius crater . Its round bowl-shaped formation has no special features.
Before his name change by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1973, he carried the designation taruntius C .
Web links
- Cameron in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Cameron crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon", image iv_061_h1
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1]
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2000, p. 272