Dunthorne (moon crater)
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| position | 30.13 ° S , 31.75 ° W | |
| diameter | 15 km | |
| depth | 2780 m | |
| Card sheet | 93 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Richard Dunthorne (1711-1775) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Dunthorne is a small impact crater on the front of the moon , on the edge of the Palus Epidemiarum , east of Vitello crater and southwest of Campanus . The bowl-shaped crater shows hardly any traces of erosion.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 28.82 ° S , 32.72 ° W | 6 km | [1] |
| B. | 31.37 ° S , 31.72 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
| C. | 29.43 ° S , 32.61 ° W | 7 km | [3] |
| D. | 29.95 ° S , 34.11 ° W | 6 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British astronomer Richard Dunthorne .
Web links
- Dunthorne in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Dunthorne 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 .