Geissler (moon crater)
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| position | 2.64 ° S , 76.53 ° O | |
| diameter | 17 km | |
| depth | 2970 m | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Heinrich Geißler (1814–1879) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Geissler is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon . The bowl-shaped crater lies within the Gilbert crater plain , west of the Mare Smythii .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the German physicist Heinrich Geißler . Previously, the crater as was Gilbert D respectively.
Web links
- Geissler in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Geissler 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 .