Deluc (moon crater)

Deluc
Deluc ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
position	54.97 °  S , 2.99 °  W Coordinates: 54 ° 58 '12 "  S , 2 ° 59' 24"  W.
diameter	47 km
depth	5210 m
Card sheet	126 (PDF)
Named after	Jean-André Deluc (1727-1817)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Deluc is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , northeast of the great crater Clavius and west of Lilius . The crater rim is heavily eroded and overlaid by the Deluc H secondary crater in the northeast .

List of side craters of Deluc

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	54.03 °  S , 0.6 °  W	54 km	[1]
B.	52.17 °  S , 0.15 °  E	33 km	[2]
C.	51.46 °  S , 0.77 °  E	28 km	[3]
D.	56.38 °  S , 2.53 °  W	25 km	[4]
E.	60.39 °  S , 4.53 °  W	11 km	[5]
F.	60.09 °  S , 3.15 °  W	36 km	[6]
G	61.57 °  S , 0.45 °  O	27 km	[7]
H	54.2 °  S , 2.23 °  W	27 km	[8th]
J	53.4 °  S , 4.14 °  W	40 km	[9]
L.	60.89 °  S , 6.53 °  W	7 km	[10]
M.	54.95 °  S , 6.34 °  W	20 km	[11]
N	60.71 °  S , 0.28 °  O	10 km	[12]
O	62.94 °  S , 4.69 °  W	7 km	[13]
P	58.92 °  S , 4.97 °  W	7 km	[14]
Q	59.03 °  S , 3.75 °  W	6 km	[15]
R.	55.47 °  S , 0.51 °  E	21 km	[16]
S.	62.11 °  S , 0.05 °  O	6 km	[17]
T	55.9 °  S , 3.19 °  W	10 km	[18]
U	59.08 °  S , 3.13 °  W	5 km	[19]
V	61.93 °  S , 1.41 °  O	9 km	[20]
W.	61.77 °  S , 2.09 °  W	6 km	[21]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Swiss geologist and meteorologist Jean-André Deluc .

Web links

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