Hargreaves (moon crater)
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| position | 2.2 ° S , 64.09 ° O | |
| diameter | 18 km | |
| depth | 1550 m | |
| Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Frederick James Hargreaves (1891-1970) | |
| Named since | 1979 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hargreaves is an impact crater on the front of the moon , southwest of Mare Spumans , southeast of Webb crater, and west of Maclaurin . The irregularly shaped crater covers the southern wall of the Maclaurin H secondary crater .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1979 after the British astronomer Frederick James Hargreaves .
Web links
- Hargreaves in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hargreaves 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 .