Hedin (moon crater)

Hedin
position	2.87 °  N , 76.52 °  W Coordinates: 2 ° 52 '12 "  N , 76 ° 31' 12"  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.

List of secondary craters of Hedin

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

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