Daniell (moon crater)
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| position | 35.39 ° N , 31.14 ° E | |
| diameter | 28 km | |
| depth | 1900 m | |
| Card sheet | 26 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Daniell is an impact crater on the north front of the moon in the area of Lacus Somniorum , northeast of the Posidonius crater . The lunar groove system of the Rimae Daniell is located some distance north of the secondary crater Daniell D in a north-westerly direction. The rim of the crater is oval and the interior has fracture structures .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| D. | 37.04 ° N , 25.83 ° E | 6 km | [1] |
| W. | 35.92 ° N , 31.53 ° O | 4 km | [2] |
| X | 36.58 ° N , 31.79 ° O | 4 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British chemist and meteorologist John Frederick Daniell .
Some distance to the east of Daniell, north of the small Luther crater , the extensive ridge system of the Rimae Daniell extends between Lacus Somniorum in the north and Mare Serenitatis in the southwest.
Web links
- Daniell in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Daniell 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 .