Grove (moon crater)
Grove | ||
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Grove Crater ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 40.29 ° N , 33.01 ° O | |
diameter | 27 km | |
depth | 2370 m | |
Card sheet | 26 (PDF) | |
Named after | William Grove (1811-1896) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Grove is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon in Lacus Somniorum , southeast of Lacus Mortis . To the northeast of Grove are the large Hercules and Atlas craters .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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Y | 37.45 ° N , 31.7 ° E | 3 km | [1] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British physicist William Grove .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .