Hale (moon crater)

Hale
position	74.14 °  S , 91.66 °  E Coordinates: 74 ° 8 '24 "  S , 91 ° 39' 36"  E
diameter	84 km
depth	4200 m
Card sheet	139 (PDF)
Type	TYC
Named after	George Ellery Hale (1868–1938) William Hale (1797–1870)
Named since	1964
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Hale is an impact crater in the extreme southeast of the lunar front , south of Wexler crater and southeast of Neumayer . The crater rim is only slightly eroded with pronounced terracing , the interior is largely flat with a central mountain .

List of Hale minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
Q	76.5 °  S , 83.86 °  O	23 km	[1]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the American astronomer George Ellery Hale and the British inventor William Hale .

Web links

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