Hess (moon crater)

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Hess
Hess (moon south pole region)
Hess
position 54.46 °  S , 174.07 °  O coordinates: 54 ° 27 '36 "  S , 174 ° 4' 12"  O
diameter 90 km
Card sheet 132 (PDF)
Named after Victor Franz Hess (1883–1964) and
Harry Hammond Hess (1906–1969)
Named since 1970
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

90.44

Hess is a moon crater in the southern hemisphere on the back of the moon .

List of secondary craters from Hess
Letter position diameter link
M. 56.13 °  S , 173.44 °  O 25 km [1]
W. 52.76 °  S , 171.01 °  O 27 km [2]
Z 52.01 °  S , 173.65 °  O 69 km [3]

Web links

  • Hess in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Hess Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon