Drygalski (moon crater)
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| position | 79.57 ° S , 87.18 ° W | |
| diameter | 162 km | |
| depth | 5170 m | |
| Card sheet | 143 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Erich von Drygalski (1865–1949) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Drygalski is an impact crater in the extreme southeast of the lunar front , south of Hausen crater and southeast of Zeeman . The rim of the crater is moderately eroded, the interior with a pronounced central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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| P | 80.95 ° S , 99.62 ° W | 28 km | [1] | |
| Q | Renamed Ashbrook | |||
| V | 78.33 ° S , 93.4 ° W | 22 km | [2] | |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the German geographer and polar explorer Erich von Drygalski .
Web links
- Drygalski in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Drygalski 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 .