Elger (moon crater)
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Elger (bottom left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 35.38 ° S , 29.88 ° W | |
diameter | 22 km | |
depth | 1260 m | |
Card sheet | 111 (PDF) | |
Named after | Thomas Gwyn Elger (1836-1897) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Elger is an impact crater in the southwest of the front of the moon on the edge of the Palus Epidemiarum , west of the Capuanus crater and southeast of Ramsden . The crater is badly eroded and the inside is uneven.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 37.36 ° S , 31.3 ° W | 8 kilometers | [1] |
B. | 37.11 ° S , 32.18 ° W | 9 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British astronomer Thomas Gwyn Elger .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .