Charles (moon crater)
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| Charles, Annegrit and Mavis ( Lunar Orbiter IV) | ||
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| position | 29.88 ° N , 26.37 ° W | |
| diameter | 1 km | |
| Card sheet | 40 (PDF) | |
| Named after | male first name | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Charles is a small impact crater on the front of the moon south of the northern reaches of Dorsum Zirkel .
The name designation goes back to an originally unofficial designation on sheet 40A1 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.
Web links
- Charles in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Charles on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topophotomap 40A1 / 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