Dale (moon crater)
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| Dale (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 9.53 ° S , 82.94 ° E | |
| diameter | 23 km | |
| depth | 2250 m | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Henry Hallett Dale (1875-1968) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Dale is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the moon's front . Because of this location, the area is only visible in a strongly distorted manner, if at all. The crater is south of Mare Smythii , southeast of Kästner crater and northeast of Ansgarius . It's badly eroded.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the British biochemist and Nobel Prize winner Henry Hallett Dale .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .