Egede (moon crater)
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| Egede with side craters and the edge of Aristotle on the right ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 48.72 ° N , 10.64 ° E | |
| diameter | 34 km | |
| depth | 430 m | |
| Card sheet | 13 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Hans Egede (1686–1758) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Egede is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon on the southern edge of Mare Frigoris , southwest of the large Aristotle crater and northeast of Eudoxus . The wall is badly eroded and the interior is flooded with lava .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 51.56 ° N , 10.48 ° O | 12 km | [1] |
| B. | 50.57 ° N , 8.9 ° E | 7 km | [2] |
| C. | 50.18 ° N , 12.98 ° E | 6 km | [3] |
| E. | 49.72 ° N , 10.4 ° E | 5 km | [4] |
| F. | 52.01 ° N , 12.52 ° E | 4 km | [5] |
| G | 51.99 ° N , 6.91 ° E | 7 km | [6] |
| M. | 49.76 ° N , 12.2 ° E | 4 km | [7] |
| N | 49.75 ° N , 11.08 ° E | 3 km | [8th] |
| P | 47.78 ° N , 10.45 ° E | 4 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Danish naturalist Hans Egede .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .
