Cartan (moon crater)

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Cartan
Apollonius - LROC - WAC.JPG
Cartan (middle left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Cartan (moon equatorial region)
Cartan
position 4.23 °  N , 59.25 °  E Coordinates: 4 ° 13 '48 "  N , 59 ° 15' 0"  E
diameter 16 km
depth 1850 m
Card sheet 62 (PDF)
Named after Élie Cartan (1869–1951)
Named since 1976
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Cartan is a small impact crater near the eastern edge of the moon . It is located directly west of the larger Apollonius crater . The crater rim is circular with a small impact on the east side. The inner area takes up almost half the diameter of the crater. A small crater connects the southern rim with the northern rim of the Apollonius H crater and thus forms a short chain of craters.

Cartan was known as Apollonius D before it was renamed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 272

Web links

  • Cartan in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Cartan on The-Moon Wiki