Hédervári (moon crater)

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Hédervári
Hédervári (Moon South Pole Region)
Hédervári
position 81.77 °  S , 85.63 °  O coordinates: 81 ° 46 '12 "  S , 85 ° 37' 48"  O
diameter 74 km
depth 3910 m
Card sheet 144 (PDF)
Named after Peter Hédervári (1931–1984)
Named since 1994
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Hédervári is an impact crater on the front of the Moon near the South Pole, south of Hale crater and north of Amundsen . The crater is heavily eroded and has a central mountain .

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1994 after the Hungarian geoscientist Peter Hédervári .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .