Harding (moon crater)
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| Harding Crater ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 43.53 ° N , 71.62 ° W | |
| diameter | 23 km | |
| depth | 2100 m | |
| Card sheet | 22 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Harding is a relatively small impact crater on the northwestern edge of the front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum , northeast of the Braun crater . The walls of the crater are terraced and show hardly any signs of erosion. The crater is surrounded by a bright ejecta ceiling .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 40.37 ° N , 75.44 ° W | 14 km | [1] |
| B. | 41.81 ° N , 76.38 ° W | 17 km | [2] |
| C. | 42.37 ° N , 74.73 ° W | 8 kilometers | [3] |
| D. | 42.84 ° N , 67.62 ° W | 6 km | [4] |
| H | 40.74 ° N , 64.39 ° W | 6 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding .
Web links
- Harding in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Harding 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 .