Cavendish (moon crater)
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| Cavendish and Surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 24.64 ° S , 53.76 ° W | |
| diameter | 53 km | |
| depth | 2550 m | |
| Card sheet | 92 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Cavendish is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Humorum , northwest of de Gasparis crater, and southeast of Henry . The southwestern edge of the heavily eroded crater is covered by the Cavendish E secondary crater .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 24.04 ° S , 52.81 ° W | 11 km | [1] |
| B. | 23.27 ° S , 55.18 ° W | 10 km | [2] |
| E. | 25.46 ° S , 54.26 ° W | 24 km | [3] |
| F. | 26.16 ° S , 54.14 ° W | 18 km | [4] |
| L. | 21.72 ° S , 53.76 ° W | 6 km | [5] |
| M. | 21.99 ° S , 53.9 ° W | 6 km | [6] |
| N | 22.08 ° S , 54.47 ° W | 4 km | [7] |
| P | 24.17 ° S , 51.66 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
| S. | 23.76 ° S , 52.48 ° W | 5 km | [9] |
| T | 24.77 ° S , 55.2 ° W | 4 km | [10] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English scientist Henry Cavendish .
Web links
- Cavendish in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Cavendish on 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 .