Darney (moon crater)
| Darney | ||
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| position | 14.63 ° S , 23.62 ° W | |
| diameter | 15 km | |
| depth | 2620 m | |
| Card sheet | 76 (PDF) | |
| Type | BIO | |
| Named after | Maurice Darney (1882-1958) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Darney is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon between Mare Cognitum and Mare Nubium , north of the Lubiniezky crater and southwest of Fra Mauro .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. | 14.83 ° S , 26.47 ° W | 4 km | [1] |
| C. | 14.15 ° S , 26.09 ° W | 13 km | [2] |
| D. | 14.54 ° S , 27.1 ° W | 5 km | [3] |
| E. | 12.45 ° S , 25.48 ° W | 4 km | [4] |
| F. | 13.34 ° S , 26.49 ° W | 4 km | [5] |
| J | 14.38 ° S , 21.51 ° W | 7 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Maurice Darney .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .