Gaudibert (moon crater)
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| position | 10.93 ° S , 37.82 ° E | |
| diameter | 33 km | |
| depth | 620 m | |
| Card sheet | 79 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Casimir Marie Gaudibert (1823–1901) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Gaudibert is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the western edge of the Montes Pyrenaeus , between Mare Nectaris and Mare Fecunditatis , east of the Daguerre crater and southeast of Capella . The crater is very irregular and strongly shaped.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 12.23 ° S , 37.93 ° O | 18 km | [1] |
| B. | 12.35 ° S , 38.54 ° E | 21 km | [2] |
| C. | 11.57 ° S , 37.77 ° O | 9 km | [3] |
| D. | 10.62 ° S , 36.31 ° O | 4 km | [4] |
| H | 13.84 ° S , 36.7 ° E | 10 km | [5] |
| J | 11.21 ° S , 39.13 ° O | 10 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer and selenographer Casimir Marie Gaudibert .
Web links
- Gaudibert in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Gaudibert 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 .