Hall (moon crater)

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Hall
G. Bond + Hall - LROC - WAC.JPG
Hall and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Hall (moon equatorial region)
Hall
position 33.75 °  N , 36.69 °  O coordinates: 33 ° 45 '0 "  N , 36 ° 41' 24"  O
diameter 32 km
depth 1140 m
Card sheet 27 (PDF)
Named after Asaph Hall (1829-1907)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Hall is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon . It lies north of G. Bond in the plain of Lacus Somniorum . It has been severely eroded and the crater wall has completely disappeared, especially in the south and west. In the west runs the moon groove Rima G. Bond .

List of Hall's minor craters
Letter position diameter link
C. 34.68 °  N , 35.86 °  O 6 km [1]
J 35.45 °  N , 36.88 °  E 8 kilometers [2]
K 35.55 °  N , 34.24 °  E 7 km [3]
X 35.68 °  N , 37.81 °  O 4 km [4]
Y 36.32 °  N , 36.92 °  O 4 km [5]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American astronomer Asaph Hall .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georges VISCARDY: Atlas guide photographique de la lune. Ouvrage de référence à haute résolution. Masson, Paris 1985, ISBN 2-225-81090-7 .