Drygalski (moon crater)

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Drygalski
Drygalski Clementine LTVT.JPG
Drygalski (shot by Clementine )
Drygalski (Moon South Pole Region)
Drygalski
position 79.57 °  S , 87.18 °  W Coordinates: 79 ° 34 '12 "  S , 87 ° 10' 48"  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

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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 .

List of secondary craters from Drygalski
Letter position diameter link
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

Individual evidence

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