Gambart (moon crater)
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| position | 0.92 ° N , 15.3 ° W | |
| diameter | 25 km | |
| depth | 1100 m | |
| Card sheet | 58 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart (1800–1836) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Gambart is an impact crater on the western front of the moon in the plane of the Sinus Aestuum , southeast of Copernicus . The rim of the crater is somewhat irregular, the interior of the crater is flooded with lava.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 0.95 ° N , 18.8 ° W | 12 km | [1] |
| B. | 2.13 ° N , 11.61 ° W | 11 km | [2] |
| C. | 3.31 ° N , 11.85 ° W | 12 km | [3] |
| D. | 3.35 ° N , 17.76 ° W | 5 km | [4] |
| E. | 1.03 ° N , 17.28 ° W | 4 km | [5] |
| F. | 0.07 ° N , 16.99 ° W | 5 km | [6] |
| G | 1.93 ° N , 12.09 ° W | 5 km | [7] |
| H | 3.19 ° N , 10.66 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
| J | 0.72 ° S , 18.25 ° W | 7 km | [9] |
| K | 3.9 ° N , 14.26 ° W | 4 km | [10] |
| L. | 3.25 ° N , 15.32 ° W | 4 km | [11] |
| M. | 5.36 ° N , 11.75 ° W | 4 km | [12] |
| N | 0.53 ° S , 14.99 ° W | 4 km | [13] |
| R. | 0.71 ° S , 20.84 ° W | 3 km | [14] |
| S. | 0.06 ° S , 13.28 ° W | 2 km | [15] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart .
Web links
- Gambart in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Gambart 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 .