Gauss (moon crater)

Gauss
Gauss Crater ( LROC- WAC)
position	35.98 °  N , 78.99 °  O coordinates: 35 ° 58 '48 "  N , 78 ° 59' 24"  O
diameter	171 km
Card sheet	28 (PDF)
Named after	Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777–1855)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Gauss is a lunar crater on the Earth-facing side of the moon . With a diameter of 170.72 kilometers, it is one of the larger lunar craters and has no central mountain . Its depth is 3.6 kilometers.

The discovery of the crater was officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union in 1935 and named after the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauß .

List of secondary craters from Gauss

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	36.52 °  N , 82.7 °  E	19 km	[1]
B.	36 °  N , 81.53 °  O	35 km	[2]
C.	39.71 °  N , 72.06 °  O	30 km	[3]
D.	39.35 °  N , 73.85 °  O	25 km	[4]
E.	35.33 °  N , 77.68 °  O	10 km	[5]
F.	34.81 °  N , 78.37 °  O	18 km	[6]
G	34.23 °  N , 79 °  E	18 km	[7]
H	33.14 °  N , 76.81 °  O	12 km	[8th]
J	40.55 °  N , 72.56 °  O	16 km	[9]
W.	34.62 °  N , 80.24 °  E	18 km	[10]

See also

• List of craters of the Earth's moon

Individual evidence

Web links

• Gauss in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Gauss on The-Moon Wiki
• Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon: Gauss