Holden (moon crater)

Holden

position

19.14 ° S , 62.48 ° O coordinates: 19 ° 8 '24 " S , 62 ° 28' 48" O

diameter

48 km

depth

1770 m

Card sheet

98 (PDF)

Named after

Edward Singleton Holden (1846-1914)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

47.6

Holden is an impact crater to the east of the lunar front , on the eastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis , immediately south of Vendelinus crater . The crater is moderately eroded with terracing of the inner wall, the floor is largely flat.

List of minor craters from Holden
Letter	position	diameter	link
R.	20.82 ° S , 61 ° EMoon -20.82 61	18 km	[1]
S.	20.41 ° S , 61.54 ° EMoon -20.41 61.54	14 km	[2]
T	19.01 ° S , 64.13 ° OMoon -19.01 64.13	9 km	[3]
V	18.56 ° S , 62.01 ° OMoon -18.56 62.01	12 km	[4]
W.	18.92 ° S , 60.01 ° OMoon -18.92 60.01	12 km	[5]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden .

Web links

Holden in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Holden 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 .

[1] John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .