Dalton (moon crater)
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| Dalton and Balboa ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 17.05 ° N , 84.4 ° W | |
| diameter | 61 km | |
| depth | 2150 m | |
| Card sheet | 37 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John Dalton (1766-1844) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Dalton is an impact crater on the northwestern edge of the lunar front . It lies south of the neighboring Balboa crater on the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum . The crater wall is terraced. The interior has a central mountain and fracture structures.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the British chemist John Dalton .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .