Dechen (moon crater)
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| position | 46.13 ° N , 68.16 ° W | |
| diameter | 12 km | |
| depth | 2290 m | |
| Card sheet | 22 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Ernst Heinrich von Dechen (1800-1889) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Dechen is a small impact crater on the northwestern edge of the front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum . The crater rim is circular and little eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 45.97 ° N , 65.74 ° W | 5 km | [1] |
| B. | 44.14 ° N , 64.29 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
| C. | 45.94 ° N , 69.85 ° W | 5 km | [3] |
| D. | 46.13 ° N , 60.48 ° W | 5 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German geologist and inventor Ernst Heinrich von Dechen .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .