Esclangon (moon crater)
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| Esclangon (middle right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 21.46 ° N , 42.05 ° E | |
| diameter | 15 km | |
| depth | 590 m | |
| Card sheet | 43 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Ernest Esclangon (1876-1954) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Esclangon is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the Moon between Sinus Amoris and Lacus Bonitatis , northeast of Hill crater and west of Macrobius .
The inside of the crater was flooded by lavas and is therefore flat, the rim of the crater only appears as a flat, soft ridge.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the French astronomer and mathematician Ernest Esclangon .
Web links
- Esclangon in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Esclangon 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 .