Hamilton (moon crater)
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| position | 42.79 ° S , 84.36 ° O | |
| diameter | 57 km | |
| depth | 2810 m | |
| Card sheet | 116 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hamilton is an impact crater on the extreme southeastern edge of the lunar front , on the western edge of Mare Australe , east of Oken crater and west of Jenner (lunar crater) . The rim of the crater is little eroded, the interior shows concentric structures.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 42.67 ° S , 81.85 ° O | 34 km | [1] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the Irish mathematician and physicist William Rowan Hamilton .
Web links
- Hamilton in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hamilton 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 .