Elger (moon crater)

Elger
Elger (bottom left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	35.38 °  S , 29.88 °  W Coordinates: 35 ° 22 '48 "  S , 29 ° 52' 48"  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.

List of side craters of Elger

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

• Elger in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Elger on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

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