Damoiseau (moon crater)
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| position | 4.87 ° S , 61.22 ° W | |
| diameter | 37 km | |
| depth | 1250 m | |
| Card sheet | 74 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Marie-Charles-Théodore de Damoiseau de Montfort (1768–1846) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Damoiseau is an impact crater on the western front of the moon , on the edge of Oceanus Procellarum , east of Grimaldi crater and north of Sirsalis . The rim of the crater is irregular and flattened, the interior with numerous furrows in the characteristic of a broken bottom crater .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 6.36 ° S , 62.6 ° W | 47 km | [1] |
| B. | 8.53 ° S , 61.62 ° W | 22 km | [2] |
| BA | 8.28 ° S , 59.09 ° W | 9 km | [3] |
| C. | 9.15 ° S , 62.61 ° W | 14 km | [4] |
| D. | 6.44 ° S , 63.26 ° W | 16 km | [5] |
| E. | 5.22 ° S , 58.39 ° W | 14 km | [6] |
| F. | 7.9 ° S , 62.29 ° W | 10 km | [7] |
| G | 2.52 ° S , 55.74 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
| H | 3.87 ° S , 59.87 ° W | 46 km | [9] |
| J | 4.07 ° S , 62.13 ° W | 7 km | [10] |
| K | 4.73 ° S , 60.44 ° W | 19 km | [11] |
| L. | 4.54 ° S , 59.36 ° W | 12 km | [12] |
| M. | 5.08 ° S , 61.27 ° W | 58 km | [13] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Marie-Charles-Théodore de Damoiseau de Montfort .
Web links
- Damoiseau in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Damoiseau on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .