Henry (moon crater)

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Henry
Henry Frères + Henry + Cavendish - LROC - WAC.JPG
Henry and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Henry (moon equatorial region)
Henry
position 23.99 °  S , 56.97 °  W Coordinates: 23 ° 59 '24 "  S , 56 ° 58' 12"  W.
diameter 39 km
depth 2630 m
Card sheet 92 (PDF)
Named after Joseph Henry (1797-1878)
Named since 1970
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Henry is an impact crater on the western edge of the lunar front , west of Mare Humorum , southeast of Henry Frères crater and northwest of Cavendish . The crater is moderately eroded with largely flat ground.

List of Henry's minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 24.42 °  S , 57.18 °  W 8 kilometers [1]
B. 24.28 °  S , 56.42 °  W 5 km [2]
D. 24.88 °  S , 59.22 °  W 7 km [3]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1970 after the American physicist Joseph Henry .

Web links

  • Henry in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Henry on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

Commons : Henry (crater)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .