Carrel (moon crater)
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| position | 10.67 ° N , 26.68 ° E | |
| diameter | 16 km | |
| depth | 2190 m | |
| Card sheet | 60 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Alexis Carrel (1873-1944) | |
| Named since | 1979 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Carrel is a small impact crater in the Mare Tranquillitatis . Due to a slight bulge in the northwestern edge, it has a distorted appearance. Its interior is also irregular with elevations and slipped material. The crater covers a ridge in the surface of the mare .
Before his name change by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979, he carried the designation Jansen B . The Jansen crater, flooded by lava, lies in a northeastern direction.
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 272
Web links
- Carrel in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Carrel crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
