Caventou (moon crater)
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| position | 29.73 ° N , 29.38 ° W | |
| diameter | 3 km | |
| Card sheet | 40 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795–1877) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Caventou is a very small impact crater in the western part of the Mare Imbrium . The circular, cup-shaped crater is completely surrounded by the mare . Before it was renamed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976, Caventou was referred to as La Hire D because it was assigned to Mons La Hire to the southeast .
Web links
- Caventou in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Caventou crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
