Da Vinci (moon crater)
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| position | 9.06 ° N , 44.93 ° E | |
| diameter | 37 km | |
| depth | 1090 m | |
| Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Da Vinci is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the eastern edge of the Sinus Concordiae . The crater is heavily eroded, the crater rim irregular and the interior uneven.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 9.64 ° N , 44.17 ° E | 16 km | [1] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian artist and polymath Leonardo da Vinci .
Web links
- da Vinci in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- da Vinci on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernest H. Cherrington: Exploring the Moon. Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes. Dover Publications, New York NY 1969 (also: ibid. 1984, ISBN 0-486-24491-1 ).