Godin (moon crater)

Godin

Godin (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)

position

1.8 ° N , 10.14 ° E Coordinates: 1 ° 48 '0 " N , 10 ° 8' 24" E

diameter

34 km

depth

3200 m

Card sheet

60 (PDF)

Named after

Louis Godin (1704-1760)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

33.55

Godin is an impact crater on the front of the moon southeast of the Sinus Medii , south of the Agrippa crater . The shape of the crater is irregular and the interior is uneven.

List of Godin minor craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	2.64 ° N , 9.63 ° EMoon 2.64 9.63	9 km	[1]
B.	0.75 ° N , 9.76 ° EMoon 0.75 9.76	11 km	[2]
C.	1.52 ° N , 8.36 ° EMoon 1.52 8.36	4 km	[3]
D.	0.96 ° N , 8.21 ° EMoon 0.96 8.21	5 km	[4]
E.	1.66 ° N , 12.33 ° EMoon 1.66 12.33	4 km	[5]
G	1.92 ° N , 10.95 ° EMoon 1.92 10.95	6 km	[6]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Louis Godin .

Web links

Godin in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Godin 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 .

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