Draper (moon crater)

Draper
Draper with Pytheas ( LROC -WAC)
position	17.55 °  N , 21.77 °  W Coordinates: 17 ° 33 '0 "  N , 21 ° 46' 12"  W.
diameter	8 kilometers
depth	1740 m
Card sheet	40 (PDF)
Named after	Henry Draper (1837-1882)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Draper is an impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the Mare Imbrium plain . It is south of Pytheas and north of Copernicus .

List of minor craters from Draper

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	17.84 °  N , 23.43 °  W	4 km	[1]
C.	17.05 °  N , 21.53 °  W	7 km	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American astronomer Henry Draper .

Web links

• Draper in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Draper on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .