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 .