King (moon crater)
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| Image taken from Apollo 16 | ||
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| position | 5.04 ° N , 120.43 ° O | |
| diameter | 78 km | |
| Card sheet | 65 (PDF) | |
| Named after |
Arthur Scott King (1876–1957) Edward Skinner King (1861–1931) |
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| Named since | 1970 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
King is a striking impact crater on the back of the Earth's moon and therefore can not be directly observed from Earth . Together with the Ibn Firnas crater of almost the same size , which is adjacent to its northeastern edge, it forms a pair of craters . To the northwest lies the Lobachevskiy crater and at the same distance in a north-northwest direction is the Guyot crater .
The rim of King's crater is essentially circular with slight deviations, especially on the north side. There are no major traces of erosion. The inner walls are terraced. The crater floor shows an irregular and rugged surface. Both attributes are particularly pronounced in the eastern part. The Y-shaped elongated elevation in the center is part of a ridge that runs to the southern edge.
A small crater with a diameter of two kilometers near the east-southeast inner wall was named Sita by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| J | 3.29 ° N , 121.62 ° O | 12 km | [1] |
| Y | 6.54 ° N , 119.55 ° O | 36 km | [2] |
Web links
- King in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- The-moon.wikispaces.com: King
- Apollo over the moon: A view from orbit (NASA SP-362) - with detailed images of the crater (English)
- King crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
