Haldane (moon crater)
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| Haldane (top center) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 1.69 ° S , 84.07 ° O | |
| diameter | 40 km | |
| depth | 820 m | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | JBS Haldane (1892-1964) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Haldane is an impact crater on the easternmost edge of the front of the moon , in the Mare Smythii plain . Haldane is a very shallow, almost submerged crater with a double rim, east of Gilbert and north of Kästner .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1973 after the British-Indian geneticist JBS Haldane .
Web links
- Haldane in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Haldane on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .