Ganswindt (moon crater)
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| position | 79.36 ° S , 110.18 ° O | |
| diameter | 74 km | |
| depth | 2772 m | |
| Card sheet | 140 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Hermann Ganswindt | |
| Named since | 1970 (IAU) | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Ganswindt is a lunar impact crater on the back of the moon in the Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin . It is close to the South Pole and the Idel'son and Schrödinger lunar craters . It is about 384,000 kilometers from Earth.
It was named in 1970 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) after the German inventor and rocket pioneer Hermann Ganswindt (1856–1934).
Web links
- Ganswindt Crater on The Moon Wiki.
- Amundsen-Ganswindt Basin on The Moon Wiki.
- Ganswindt Crater on Gazetter of Planetary Nomenclature.
Individual evidence
- ^ John Walker: Ganswindt - View from 1000 km above. Retrieved January 8, 2014 .