Golgi (moon crater)
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| Golgi (top left) and Dorsa Burnet ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 27.77 ° N , 59.93 ° W | |
| diameter | 6 km | |
| depth | 1000 m | |
| Card sheet | 38 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Camillo Golgi (1843-1926) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Golgi is a very small impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum , north of Schiaparelli crater and east of Briggs . To the east of Golgi lies the ridge of the Dorsa Burnet .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the Italian physician and Nobel Prize winner Camillo Golgi .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .