Gardner (moon crater)
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Gardner (bottom left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 17.73 ° N , 33.81 ° E | |
diameter | 18 km | |
depth | 2930 m | |
Card sheet | 43 (PDF) | |
Type | BIO | |
Named after | Irvine Clifton Gardner (1889–1972) | |
Named since | 1976 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Gardner is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , on the northern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis , southwest of Maraldi crater . The crater is bowl-shaped and little eroded.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the American physicist Irvine Clifton Gardner .
Web links
- Gardner in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Gardner 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 .