Desargues (moon crater)
Desargues | ||
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Desargues with side craters (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 70.38 ° N , 73.3 ° W | |
diameter | 85 km | |
depth | 2510 m | |
Card sheet | 2 (PDF) | |
Named after | Gérard Desargues (1591–1661) | |
Named since | 1964 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Desargues is an impact crater on the Moon on the northwestern edge of the Moon's front . It is south of Pascal and west of Carpenter . The crater walls are badly eroded.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 71.38 ° N , 75.59 ° W | 15 km | [1] |
B. | 70.72 ° N , 65.38 ° W | 51 km | [2] |
C. | 69.68 ° N , 78.78 ° W | 11 km | [3] |
D. | 69.36 ° N , 70.07 ° W | 11 km | [4] |
E. | 70.33 ° N , 67.66 ° W | 32 km | [5] |
K | 68.52 ° N , 67.66 ° W | 9 km | [6] |
L. | 69.49 ° N , 82.16 ° W | 13 km | [7] |
M. | 68.38 ° N , 74.46 ° W | 29 km | [8th] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1964 after the French architect and mathematician Gérard Desargues .