Gum (moon crater)
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position | 40.37 ° S , 88.93 ° 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.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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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
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .