Hansen (moon crater)

Hansen
Hansen (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	13.97 °  N , 72.42 °  O coordinates: 13 ° 58 '12 "  N , 72 ° 25' 12"  O
diameter	41 km
depth	2770 m
Card sheet	63 (PDF)
Named after	Peter Andreas Hansen (1795–1874)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Hansen is an impact crater on the far eastern edge of the lunar front , east of Mare Crisium and northeast of Condorcet crater . The crater is little eroded and has pronounced terracing and a central mountain .

List of Hansen's minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	13.36 °  N , 74.64 °  O	13 km	[1]
B.	14.39 °  N , 79.46 °  O	80 km	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Peter Andreas Hansen .

Web links

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