de Gasparis (moon crater)
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| De Gasparis with side craters and the Rimae de Gasparis ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 25.84 ° S , 50.82 ° W | |
| diameter | 31 km | |
| depth | 1080 m | |
| Card sheet | 92 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Annibale de Gasparis (1819-1892) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
De Gasparis is an impact crater on the western edge of the front of the moon , west of Mare Humorum , southeast of Cavendish crater and southwest of Liebig .
The heavily eroded crater by the lunar groove system of the Rimae de Gasparis , which furrows the crater rim as well as the interior, is striking.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 26.77 ° S , 51.35 ° W | 38 km | [1] |
| B. | 27.06 ° S , 52.63 ° W | 12 km | [2] |
| C. | 26.25 ° S , 51.82 ° W | 6 km | [3] |
| D. | 25.64 ° S , 50.21 ° W | 4 km | [4] |
| E. | 26.43 ° S , 49.53 ° W | 7 km | [5] |
| F. | 26.26 ° S , 49.43 ° W | 8 kilometers | [6] |
| G | 26.98 ° S , 49.39 ° W | 6 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis .
Web links
- de Gasparis in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- de Gasparis on The-Moon Wiki
- Tectonic 'wrinkles' in Crater De Gasparis
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .