Condorcet (moon crater)

Condorcet
Condorcet and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	12.11 °  N , 69.65 °  O coordinates: 12 ° 6 '36 "  N , 69 ° 39' 0"  O
diameter	75 km
depth	2650 m
Card sheet	62 (PDF)
Named after	Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Condorcet is a large impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , on the southeastern edge of the Mare Crisium , southwest of the Hansen crater . The crater floor is level, the crater wall has terracing .

List of Condorcet minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	11.51 °  N , 67.29 °  O	15 km	[1]
D.	9.85 °  N , 68.42 °  O	23 km	[2]
E.	11.37 °  N , 68.16 °  O	9 km	[3]
F.	8.24 °  N , 73.05 °  O	40 km	[4]
G	10.72 °  N , 67.94 °  E	9 km	[5]
H	12.36 °  N , 65.02 °  O	21 km	[6]
J	12.98 °  N , 65.14 °  O	16 km	[7]
L.	10.13 °  N , 73.67 °  O	13 km	[8th]
M.	9.06 °  N , 73.09 °  O	12 km	[9]
N	8.97 °  N , 72.58 °  O	5 km	[10]
P	8.74 °  N , 70.29 °  O	48 km	[11]
Q	11.21 °  N , 73.38 °  O	36 km	[12]
R.	11.76 °  N , 74.76 °  E	20 km	[13]
S.	10.67 °  N , 75.64 °  O	10 km	[14]
T	11.76 °  N , 65.81 °  O	15 km	[15]
TA	12.08 °  N , 65.74 °  O	15 km	[16]
U	10.07 °  N , 75.36 °  E	11 km	[17]
W.	14.12 °  N , 67.03 °  O	36 km	[18]
X	10.12 °  N , 69.89 °  O	9 km	[19]
Y	12.89 °  N , 68.89 °  O	14 km	[20]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French mathematician Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet .

Web links

• Condorcet in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Condorcet on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [21]

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .