Kuiper (moon crater)
| Kuiper | ||
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| position | 9.81 ° S , 22.73 ° W | |
| diameter | 7 km | |
| depth | 155 m | |
| Card sheet | 76 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905–1973) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Kuiper is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon in the Mare Cognitum plain , north of Darney crater and west of Bonpland crater .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the American astronomer Gerard Peter Kuiper . Kuiper was a researcher on the Ranger program and the Ranger 7 spacecraft crash site is southeast of the crater ( 10.35 degrees S , 20.58 degrees W ). Previously, the crater when it was Bonpland B referred.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .