Goodacre (moon crater)
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| Goodacre (above) with Gemma Frisius ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 32.72 ° S , 14.03 ° E | |
| diameter | 44 km | |
| depth | 3190 m | |
| Card sheet | 113 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Walter Goodacre (1856-1938) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Goodacre is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , southwest of Mare Nectaris , south of Pontanus crater and north of Gemma Frisius , the rim of which it touches. The Goodacre G secondary crater is superimposed on the point of contact . The crater is moderately eroded, the interior is largely flat and has a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 31.95 ° S , 13.61 ° O | 9 km | [1] |
| C. | 32.31 ° S , 14.1 ° E | 5 km | [2] |
| D. | 33.4 ° S , 15 ° E | 8 kilometers | [3] |
| E. | 33 ° S , 15.46 ° E | 6 km | [4] |
| F. | 32.06 ° S , 14.51 ° E | 4 km | [5] |
| G | 33.37 ° S , 13.88 ° E | 17 km | [6] |
| H | 32.79 ° S , 16.02 ° E | 4 km | [7] |
| K | 30.98 ° S , 13.38 ° E | 11 km | [8th] |
| P | 34.09 ° S , 16.69 ° O | 20 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British amateur astronomer Walter Goodacre .
Web links
- Goodacre in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Goodacre 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 .