Huggins (moon crater)
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| Huggins (center left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 41.1 ° S , 1.62 ° W | |
| diameter | 66 km | |
| depth | 1850 m | |
| Card sheet | 112 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William Huggins (1824-1910) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Huggins is an impact crater south of the lunar front , southeast of Mare Nubium and southwest of Miller Crater . The eastern part is covered by Nasireddin , in the west Huggins touches the edge of Orontius . The crater is badly eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 40.68 ° S , 2.4 ° W | 10 km | [1] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British astronomer William Huggins .
Web links
- Huggins in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Huggins 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 .