Delaunay (moon crater)
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Delaunay (bottom left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 22.25 ° S , 2.55 ° E | |
diameter | 45 km | |
depth | 2520 m | |
Card sheet | 95 (PDF) | |
Named after | Charles Eugène Delaunay (1816–1872) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Delaunay is an impact crater on the front of the moon , east of the Mare Nubium . It is northeast of La Caille crater and southwest of Faye . The crater is very badly eroded and the rim is difficult to make out due to overlapping further impacts.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 22.02 ° S , 1.96 ° E | 6 km | [1] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French mathematician and astronomer Charles Eugène Delaunay .
Web links
- Delaunay in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Delaunay 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 .