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 |
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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