Donati (moon crater)
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Donati (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 20.75 ° S , 5.02 ° E | |
diameter | 36 km | |
depth | 2070 m | |
Card sheet | 95 (PDF) | |
Named after | Giambattista Donati (1826–1873) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Donati is an impact crater on the front of the Moon , east of Mare Nubium , northeast of Faye crater, and southwest of Airy . The crater is heavily eroded and has a central mountain .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 19.71 ° S , 4.42 ° E | 8 kilometers | [1] |
B. | 20.45 ° S , 5.58 ° E | 12 km | [2] |
C. | 19.98 ° S , 3.35 ° E | 8 kilometers | [3] |
D. | 22.13 ° S , 5.69 ° E | 4 km | [4] |
K | 21.17 ° S , 6.75 ° E | 14 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer Giambattista Donati .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .