Dorsum of Cotta
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| position | 23.6 ° N , 11.97 ° E | |
| diameter | 183 km | |
| Named after | Bernhard von Cotta (1808–1879) | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
The Dorsum Von Cotta is a dorsum on the north-eastern front of the moon that runs in a north-south direction through the Mare Serenitatis . It begins in the north south of the Linnaeus crater and ends in the south north of Sulpicius Gallus , where it meets Dorsum Buckland .
It was named in 1976 after the German geoscientist Bernhard von Cotta .
Web links
- Dorsum Von Cotta in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Dorsum Von Cotta on The-Moon Wiki