Cartan (moon crater)
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| Cartan (middle left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 4.23 ° N , 59.25 ° 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 | ||
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
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 272