Keldysh (moon crater)

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Keldysh
Keldysh - LROC - WAC.JPG
Keldysh Crater ( LROC -WAC)
Keldysh (Moon North Pole Region)
Keldysh
position 51.23 °  N , 43.66 °  E Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '48 "  N , 43 ° 39' 36"  E
diameter 32 km
depth 2720 ​​m
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Named after Mstislav Vsevolodowitsch Keldysch (1911–1978)
Named since 1982
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Keldysh is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon on the eastern edge of Mare Frigoris .

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1982 after the Soviet mathematician Mstislav Vsevolodowitsch Keldysch .

Web links

Individual evidence

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