Gibbs (moon crater)

Gibbs
Gibbs with a light spot (photo taken by Apollo 15 )
position	18.34 °  S , 84.23 °  O coordinates: 18 ° 20 '24 "  S , 84 ° 13' 48"  O
diameter	79 km
depth	3960 m
Card sheet	99 (PDF)
Named after	Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839-1903)
Named since	1964
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Gibbs is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the lunar front , northeast of Humboldt crater and southeast of Ansgarius . The crater rim is moderately eroded, the inside uneven. An impact on the north-eastern rim of the crater created a small radiation system with a high albedo center .

List of Gibbs minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
D.	13.14 °  S , 85.9 °  E	14 km	[1]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the US physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs .

Web links

• Gibbs in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Gibbs on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .