Darwin (moon crater)

Darwin
position	19.82 °  S , 69.16 °  W Coordinates: 19 ° 49 ′ 12 "  S , 69 ° 9 ′ 36"  W
diameter	122 km
depth	1360 m
Card sheet	92 (PDF)
Named after	Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Darwin is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Humorum , southwest of Crüger crater and northwest of Byrgius . The rim of the crater has been severely eroded and has almost completely disappeared in the southern part. The interior is traversed by the lunar groove system of the Rimae Darwin .

List of Darwin's minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	21.8 °  S , 73.1 °  W	23 km	[1]
B.	19.96 °  S , 72.29 °  W	54 km	[2]
C.	20.53 °  S , 71.11 °  W	15 km	[3]
F.	21.02 °  S , 71.13 °  W	18 km	[4]
G	21.5 °  S , 70.9 °  W	17 km	[5]
H	20.92 °  S , 68.98 °  W	29 km	[6]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British naturalist Charles Darwin .

Web links

• Darwin in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Darwin on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .