Condon (moon crater)
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| Condon, below left the Sinus Successus | ||
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| position | 1.84 ° N , 60.39 ° O | |
| diameter | 34 km | |
| depth | 1850 m | |
| Card sheet | 62 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Edward Condon (1902–1974) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Condon is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , on the northeastern edge of the Sinus Successus , south of the crater Apollonius . Lava from the Sinus Successus penetrated into the interior through two openings in the wall in the south and north-west, which is now almost flat.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the American physicist Edward Condon .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .