Dollond (moon crater)
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| Dollond, Descartes and Descartes moon vortices (dashed) ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 10.49 ° S , 14.39 ° E | |
| diameter | 11 km | |
| depth | 2040 m | |
| Card sheet | 78 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | John Dollond (1706–1761) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Dollond is a small impact crater on the front of the moon north of Abulfeda crater and east of Andel . East of Dollond and north of Descartes is a so-called lunar vortex , an area with a high albedo and at the same time a magnetic anomaly . The bowl-shaped crater is only slightly eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 7.71 ° S , 13.84 ° E | 36 km | [1] |
| D. | 8.21 ° S , 12.49 ° E | 8 kilometers | [2] |
| E. | 10.27 ° S , 15.67 ° E | 5 km | [3] |
| L. | 8.8 ° S , 12.51 ° E | 5 km | [4] |
| M. | 10.13 ° S , 16.87 ° E | 5 km | [5] |
| T | 9.42 ° S , 14.94 ° E | 3 km | [6] |
| U | 7.32 ° S , 15.95 ° E | 3 km | [7] |
| V | 7.91 ° S , 15.43 ° E | 6 km | [8th] |
| W. | 6.7 ° S , 14.55 ° E | 10 km | [9] |
| Y | 8.5 ° S , 13.16 ° E | 14 km | [10] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British optician and telescope maker John Dollond .
Web links
- Dollond in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Dollond 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 .