Jansky (moon crater)
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Jansky (right) and surroundings ( LROC- WAC) | ||
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position | 8.6 ° N , 89.46 ° O | |
diameter | 74 km | |
depth | 6180 m | |
Card sheet | 63 (PDF) | |
Named after | Karl Guthe Jansky (1905–1950) | |
Named since | 1964 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Jansky is an impact crater on the extreme eastern edge of the moon front , on the southern edge of the Mare Marginis . The crater is very heavily eroded and therefore extremely poorly visible from the earth in connection with its peripheral location.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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D. | 9.55 ° N , 91.21 ° O | 23 km | [1] |
F. | 9 ° N , 92.32 ° E | 47 km | [2] |
H | 7.71 ° N , 91.37 ° E | 11 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the American engineer and first radio astronomer Karl Guthe Jansky .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .