Foucault (moon crater)
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| Foucault southeast of Harpalus ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 50.46 ° N , 39.89 ° W | |
| diameter | 23 km | |
| Card sheet | 11 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Léon Foucault (1819–1868) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Foucault is a small lunar impact crater on the southern bank of the Mare Frigoris , southeast of the Harpalus crater .
To the south in the rocky terrain you can see the Sharp crater . The outer boundary of Foucault forms an irregular circle with slight bulges in the south and northeast. The inner walls of the crater fall evenly onto an uneven crater floor.
Web links
- Foucault in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Foucault crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
