Daubrée (moon crater)
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| position | 15.71 ° N , 14.75 ° E | |
| diameter | 15 km | |
| depth | 1590 m | |
| Card sheet | 60 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Gabriel Auguste Daubrée (1814-1896) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Daubrée is an impact crater southeast of the Mare Serenitatis and lies west-southwest of the Crater Menelaus in the area of the Montes Haemus mountain range. The small Mare Lacus Hiemalis encloses its southwestern edge.
The crater has a horseshoe-shaped structure with the opening to the northwest. The inside of the crater was flooded by basaltic lava , which forms a flat, structureless crater floor.
The edge of the crater shows a low incision in the southern area, and on the eastern edge low ridges connect to the Montes Haemus .
Daubrée was known as Menelaus S before the International Astronomical Union (IAU) gave it its own name in 1973.
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 273
Web links
- Daubrée in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Daubrée crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
