Carrington (moon crater)
| Carrington | ||
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| Lacus Spei with Carrington on the left margin ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 43.95 ° N , 62.03 ° O | |
| diameter | 28 km | |
| depth | 2730 m | |
| Card sheet | 28 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Richard Christopher Carrington (1826-1875) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Carrington is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon . It lies west of the Lacus Spei and northeast of the Schumacher crater . The edge is moderately eroded, the inside relatively flat.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British astronomer Richard Christopher Carrington .
Web links
- Carrington in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Carrington at The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .