Kathleen (moon crater)
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| Kathleen, Ian and Rima Vladimir ( Apollo 15 recording ) | ||
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| position | 25.32 ° N , 0.82 ° W | |
| diameter | 5 km | |
| Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Scottish female first name | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Kathleen is a very small impact crater on the front of the moon at the southern edge of the Palus Putredinis , at the western end of the small lunar 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
- Kathleen in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Kathleen 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