Hevesy (moon crater)
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| Hevesy and surroundings (north above, LROC -WAC Photo) | ||
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| position | 83.08 ° N , 149.06 ° O | |
| diameter | 50 km | |
| Card sheet | 1 (PDF) | |
| Named after | George de Hevesy (1885–1966), Hungarian chemist | |
| Named since | January 22, 2009 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hevesy is an impact crater on the back of the moon . It lies between the Haskin craters in the west and Plaskett in the east. To the northeast is the large Rozhdestvenskiy crater .
The crater was named by the IAU on January 22, 2009 after the Hungarian chemist and Nobel Prize winner George de Hevesy .