Ian (moon crater)

Ian

Ian, Kathleen and Rima Vladimir ( Apollo 15 image )

position

25.7 ° N , 0.4 ° W Coordinates: 25 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W.

diameter

1 km

Card sheet

41 (PDF)

Named after

male Scottish first name

Named since

1976

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

1.35

Ian is a very small impact crater on the front of the moon on the southern edge of the Palus Putredinis , north of the small moon groove Rima Vladimir .

The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 41A3 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.

Web links

Ian in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Ian on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

↑ Topophotomap 41A3 / S1
^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977

[1] Topophotomap 41A3 / S1

[2] Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977