Hanno (moon crater)

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Hanno
Hanno LO-IV-178H LTVT.JPG
Hanno ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
Hanno (Moon South Pole Region)
Hanno
position 56.46 °  S , 71.38 °  O coordinates: 56 ° 27 '36 "  S , 71 ° 22' 48"  O
diameter 60 km
Card sheet 129 (PDF)
Named after Hanno the navigator
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Hanno is an impact crater to the south of the front of the moon , southwest of Mare Australe and the Lyot crater , northeast of Pontécoulant . The rim of the crater is badly eroded and the interior is furrowed by smaller impacts.

List of side craters of Hanno
Letter position diameter link
A. 53.61 °  S , 63.42 °  O 41 km [1]
B. 52.66 °  S , 68.9 °  E 35 km [2]
C. 55.89 °  S , 68.55 °  O 22 km [3]
D. 59.11 °  S , 78.02 °  O 18 km [4]
E. 59.44 °  S , 72.88 °  O 18 km [5]
F. 52.32 °  S , 68.17 °  O 9 km [6]
G 58.06 °  S , 70.77 °  O 13 km [7]
H 57.89 °  S , 74.98 °  O 58 km [8th]
K 53.64 °  S , 76.75 °  O 26 km [9]
W. 54.66 °  S , 60.18 °  O 12 km [10]
X 55.39 °  S , 67.79 °  O 14 km [11]
Y 55.41 °  S , 66.04 °  E 9 km [12]
Z 55.2 °  S , 64.94 °  E 11 km [13]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator .

Web links

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

Individual evidence