Hind (moon crater)
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| Halley and Hind Crater (right) captured by Apollo 16 ( NASA photo) | ||
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| position | 7.93 ° S , 7.27 ° E | |
| diameter | 28 km | |
| depth | 2980 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John Russell Hind (1823-1895) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hind is an impact crater southeast of the giant Hipparchus crater and east of Halley crater .
Hind's crater rim shows little sign of wear or distortion, with the exception of a break in the north rim. Compared to Halley , the crater floor is uneven and furrowed. Hind and the adjacent craters 'Hind C' and 'Hind L' form a crater line that runs to the northeast with decreasing diameters.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| C. | 8.71 ° S , 7.4 ° E | 7 km | [1] |
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 276
Web links
- Hind in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hind crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
