Gravel (moon crater)
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| Kiess and surroundings ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 6.45 ° S , 84.13 ° O | |
| diameter | 69 km | |
| depth | 800 m | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Carl Clarence Kiess (1887–1967) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Kiess is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon on the southern edge of Mare Smythii , east of the Kästner crater and south of Haldane . The crater is very flat, since the interior of the lava the Mare was flooded.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1973 after the American astronomer Carl Clarence Kiess .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .