Heinrich (moon crater)
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| position | 24.83 ° N , 15.38 ° W | |
| diameter | 7 km | |
| depth | 1460 m | |
| Card sheet | 40 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Wladimir Wáclav Heinrich (1884–1965) | |
| Named since | 1979 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Heinrich is a small impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the Mare Imbrium plain , east of Lambert crater and southwest of Timocharis .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1979 after the Czech astronomer Wladimir Wáclav Heinrich .
Web links
- Heinrich in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Heinrich 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 .