Haber (moon crater)

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Haber
Haber - LROC - WAC.JPG
Haber Crater; above Hermite , below left Lovelace , below right Sylvester , the small crater in the middle below is Lovelace E (north above, LROC )
Haber (Moon North Pole Region)
Haber
position 83.36 °  N , 94.34 °  W Coordinates: 83 ° 21 '36 "  N , 94 ° 20' 24"  W.
diameter 57 km
Card sheet 1 (PDF)
Named after Fritz Haber (1868–1934)
Named since January 22, 2009
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Haber is an impact crater on the moon . It lies between the craters Hermite in the north, Lovelace in the southwest and Sylvester in the southeast. The walls are badly eroded.

The crater was named by the IAU on January 22, 2009 after the German chemist Fritz Haber .

Web links

  • Haber in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Haber on The-moon Wiki