Dove (moon crater)
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position | 46.85 ° S , 31.41 ° O | |
diameter | 30 km | |
depth | 1740 m | |
Card sheet | 113 (PDF) | |
Named after | Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803–1879) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Dove is an impact crater south of the lunar front , east of Spallanzani crater and west of Lockyer . The crater is heavily eroded and overlaid by the Dove C secondary crater in its southern part .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 47 ° S , 33.46 ° O | 13 km | [1] |
B. | 47.23 ° S , 33 ° E | 21 km | [2] |
C. | 47.18 ° S , 30.76 ° O | 19 km | [3] |
Z | 44.55 ° S , 29.19 ° E | 8 kilometers | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German physicist Heinrich Wilhelm Dove .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .