Franklin (moon crater)
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| position | 38.73 ° N , 47.64 ° E | |
| diameter | 56 km | |
| depth | 3820 m | |
| Card sheet | 27 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Franklin is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon . It is located southeast of Cepheus and northwest of Berzelius . The interior of the crater shows fracture structures and the remainder of a central mountain , the terraced walls are heavily eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| C. | 35.65 ° N , 44.21 ° O | 15 km | [1] |
| F. | 37.38 ° N , 47.65 ° O | 40 km | [2] |
| G | 40.06 ° N , 48.08 ° E | 7 km | [3] |
| H | 37.1 ° N , 43.71 ° O | 5 km | [4] |
| K | 39.05 ° N , 51.49 ° E | 20 km | [5] |
| W. | 37.79 ° N , 43.65 ° E | 5 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American politician and inventor Benjamin Franklin .
Web links
- Franklin in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Franklin 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 .