Ching-Te

Mons Argaeus and Ching-Te (middle; LROC -WAC)

position

20 ° N , 29.96 ° O coordinates: 20 ° 0 '0 " N , 29 ° 57' 36" O

diameter

4 km

depth

770 m

Card sheet

42 (PDF)

Type

ALC

Named after

chinese man name

Named since

1976

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

3.7

Ching-Te is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , northeast of Mons Argaeus and west of the Apollo 17 landing site.

The name designation goes back to an originally unofficial designation on sheet 42C3 / S3 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.

Web links

Ching-Te in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Ching-Te 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 .
↑ Topophotomap 42C3 / S3
^ 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] John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .

[2] Topophotomap 42C3 / S3

[3] 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