Kirchhoff (moon crater)
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| position | 30.3 ° N , 38.81 ° O | |
| diameter | 24 km | |
| depth | 2590 m | |
| Card sheet | 43 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824-1887) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Kirchhoff is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon in the Montes Taurus mountains , west of the Newcomb crater . The crater is badly eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. | 30.29 ° N , 39.78 ° E | 23 km | [1] |
| E. | 30.56 ° N , 40.31 ° O | 26 km | [2] |
| F. | 31.45 ° N , 40.78 ° O | 30 km | [3] |
| G | 29.82 ° N , 40.16 ° E | 22 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German physicist Gustav Robert Kirchhoff .
Web links
- Kirchhoff in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Kirchhoff 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 .