Debes (moon crater)

Debes
Debes (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	29.46 °  N , 51.62 °  E Coordinates: 29 ° 27 '36 "  N , 51 ° 37' 12"  E
diameter	32 km
depth	1050 m
Card sheet	44 (PDF)
Named after	Ernst Debes (1840-1923)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Debes is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the Moon north of Mare Crisium , northwest of Tralles crater and southwest of Burckhardt . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the southern part is covered by the Debes A secondary crater .

List of Debes minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	28.7 °  N , 51.49 °  E	34 km	[1]
B.	28.85 °  N , 50.51 °  E	20 km	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German cartographer Ernst Debes .

Web links

• Debes in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Debes 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 .