Delambre (moon crater)
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| position | 1.95 ° S , 17.37 ° E | |
| diameter | 51 km | |
| depth | 3620 m | |
| Card sheet | 78 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749-1822) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Delambre is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Tranquillitatis , east of the two conspicuous craters Theon Senior and Theon Junior , northwest of Hypatia . The crater rim is scalloped and the interior shows traces of concentric landslides.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 1.66 ° S , 19.64 ° E | 10 km | [1] |
| D. | 1.13 ° S , 17.52 ° E | 5 km | [2] |
| F. | 1.07 ° S , 19.23 ° E | 5 km | [3] |
| H | 1 ° S , 16.44 ° E | 15 km | [4] |
| J | 0.35 ° S , 16.74 ° E | 12 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre .
Web links
- Delambre in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Delambre on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .