Hedin (moon crater)
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position | 2.87 ° N , 76.52 ° W | |
diameter | 157 km | |
depth | 1250 m | |
Card sheet | 55 (PDF) | |
Named after | Sven Hedin (1865–1952) | |
Named since | 1964 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Hedin is an impact crater on the westernmost edge of the front of the moon , so, if at all, it is only visible from earth in a strongly distorted manner. It is located on the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum , south of the Olbers crater . The large but very shallow crater is very badly eroded and largely leveled.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 5.34 ° N , 78.05 ° W | 65 km | [1] |
B. | 4.31 ° N , 83.81 ° W | 21 km | [2] |
C. | 4.32 ° N , 84.66 ° W | 10 km | [3] |
F. | 3.94 ° N , 74.48 ° W | 19 km | [4] |
G | 3.81 ° N , 73.5 ° W | 14 km | [5] |
H | 3.06 ° N , 72.31 ° W | 12 km | [6] |
K | 2.9 ° N , 73.12 ° W | 11 km | [7] |
L. | 5.11 ° N , 71.44 ° W | 11 km | [8th] |
N | 4.93 ° N , 71.85 ° W | 25 km | [9] |
R. | 5.22 ° N , 76.06 ° W | 8 kilometers | [10] |
S. | 5.68 ° N , 75.19 ° W | 9 km | [11] |
T | 4.22 ° N , 72.92 ° W | 7 km | [12] |
V | 5.28 ° N , 73.84 ° W | 11 km | [13] |
Z | 1.89 ° N , 78.98 ° W | 10 km | [14] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the Swedish naturalist and explorer Sven Hedin .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .