Gyldén (moon crater)

Gylden
Gyldén (top center) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	5.3 °  S , 0.28 °  E Coordinates: 5 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  S , 0 ° 16 ′ 48 ″  E
diameter	45 km
depth	1130 m
Card sheet	77 (PDF)
Named after	Hugo Gyldén (1841-1896)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Gyldén is an impact crater on the front of the moon south of the Sinus Medii , northeast of Ptolemaeus and east of Herschel . The crater is badly eroded. In the west the wall is covered by a wide furrow.

List of secondary craters from Gyldén

Letter	position	diameter	link
C.	5.9 °  S , 0.95 °  E	6 km	[1]
K	5.46 °  S , 0.57 °  E	5 km	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Swedish astronomer Hugo Gyldén .

Web links

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