Hansen (moon crater)
Hansen | ||
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Hansen (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 13.97 ° N , 72.42 ° 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 .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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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
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .