Crozier (moon crater)
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| Crozier ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 13.57 ° S , 50.68 ° O | |
| diameter | 23 km | |
| depth | 1300 m | |
| Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Francis Crozier (1796-1848) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Crozier is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the southwestern edge of Mare Fecunditatis , northeast of Colombo crater and north of McClure . The rim of the crater is irregularly shaped and relatively little eroded. The interior is filled with the lavas des Mare .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 12.59 ° S , 52.36 ° E | 9 km | [1] |
| D. | 13.54 ° S , 51.56 ° O | 21 km | [2] |
| E. | 12.69 ° S , 51.92 ° E | 6 km | [3] |
| F. | 12.83 ° S , 50.96 ° O | 5 km | [4] |
| G | 12.04 ° S , 49.97 ° E | 4 km | [5] |
| H | 14.04 ° S , 49.36 ° E | 11 km | [6] |
| L. | 10.02 ° S , 51.47 ° E | 8 kilometers | [7] |
| M. | 8.87 ° S , 51.32 ° E | 6 km | [8th] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British polar explorer Francis Crozier .
Crozier (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Web links
- Crozier in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Crozier 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 .