Gum (moon crater)

Gum
position	40.37 °  S , 88.93 °  O coordinates: 40 ° 22 '12 "  S , 88 ° 55' 48"  O
diameter	55 km
depth	820 m
Card sheet	116 (PDF)
Named after	Colin Stanley Gum (1924-1960)
Named since	1970
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Gum is an impact crater on the extreme southeastern edge of the lunar fore , on the eastern edge of Mare Australe , northeast of Hamilton crater and northwest of Jenner . The crater is largely flooded by the lavas of the Mare , so that only a remnant of the crater rim is visible.

List of secondary craters of Gum

Letter	position	diameter	link
S.	39.66 °  S , 84.93 °  O	34 km	[1]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1970 after the Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum .

Web links

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