D'Arrest (moon crater)
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| position | 2.19 ° N , 14.62 ° E | |
| diameter | 30 km | |
| depth | 1500 m | |
| Card sheet | 60 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822–1875) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
D'Arrest is an impact crater on the front of the moon between Godin craters in the west and Dionysius in the east. The crater is irregularly shaped and heavily eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 1.93 ° N , 13.63 ° E | 4 km | [1] |
| B. | 0.96 ° N , 13.6 ° E | 5 km | [2] |
| M. | 1.89 ° N , 13.48 ° E | 23 km | [3] |
| R. | 0.48 ° N , 15.61 ° E | 17 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- D'Arrest in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- D'Arrest on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georges Viscardy: Atlas-guide photographique de la lune: ouvrage de référence à haute résolution. Masson, Paris 1985, ISBN 2-225-81090-7