Jenkins (moon crater)
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| Jenkins (top right) and surroundings ( Lunar Orbiter I) | ||
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| position | 0.5 ° N , 77.95 ° O | |
| diameter | 38 km | |
| depth | 3040 m | |
| Card sheet | 63 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888-1970) | |
| Named since | 1982 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Jenkins is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the near side of the moon , west of the Mare Smythii , southwest of the crater Schubert , between its two secondary craters Schubert X and Schubert J stored. The crater is overlaid on the western side of Nobili .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1982 after the American astronomer Louise Freeland Jenkins .
Web links
- Jenkins in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Jenkins 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 .