Chang-ngo

Chang-Ngo and Surroundings ( Lunar Orbiter IV)

position

12.71 ° S , 2.22 ° W Coordinates: 12 ° 42 ′ 36 " S , 2 ° 13 ′ 12" W

diameter

3 km

Card sheet

77 (PDF)

Named after

chinese woman name

Named since

1976

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Chang-Ngo is a very small impact crater on the front of the moon on the northeast inner rim of Alphonsus crater .

The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 77D3 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Topophotomap 77D3 / S1
^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977

[1] Topophotomap 77D3 / S1

[2] Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977