Jansky (moon crater)

Jansky
Jansky (right) and surroundings ( LROC- WAC)
position	8.6 °  N , 89.46 °  O coordinates: 8 ° 36 '0 "  N , 89 ° 27' 36"  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.

List of Jansky minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

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

Individual evidence

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