Deslandres (moon crater)
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| position | 32.43 ° S , 5.95 ° W | |
| diameter | 227 km | |
| depth | 1580 m | |
| Card sheet | 112 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853–1948) | |
| Named since | 1948 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Deslandres is an impact crater south of the lunar front on the southern edge of Mare Nubium , east of Pitatus crater and northwest of Walter . It is a ring mountain with a diameter of over 200 kilometers, which is nevertheless only slightly noticeable due to its strong erosion .
Inside are the Hell and Lexell craters .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1948 after the French astronomer Henri-Alexandre Deslandres .
Web links
- Deslandres in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Deslandres on The-Moon Wiki
- Spektrum .de: Collection of amateur recordings + [1]
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .