La Condamine (moon crater)
La Condamine | ||
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La Condamine with side craters ( LROC - WAC) | ||
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position | 53.54 ° N , 28.24 ° W | |
diameter | 38 km | |
Card sheet | 11 (PDF) | |
Named after | Charles-Marie de La Condamine (1701–1774) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
La Condamine is an impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon . The crater is located on the southern edge of the Mare Frigoris , north of Maupertuis . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, especially in the north. The crater floor shows the fracture structures typical of floor-fractured craters .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 54.44 ° N , 30.22 ° W | 18 km | [1] |
B. | 58.87 ° N , 31.66 ° W | 16 km | [2] |
C. | 52.39 ° N , 30.33 ° W | 10 km | [3] |
D. | 53.51 ° N , 30.9 ° W | 10 km | [4] |
E. | 57.73 ° N , 32.1 ° W | 8 kilometers | [5] |
F. | 57.39 ° N , 31.12 ° W | 7 km | [6] |
G | 54.91 ° N , 28.24 ° W | 8 kilometers | [7] |
H | 53.17 ° N , 26.7 ° W | 7 km | [8th] |
J | 56.06 ° N , 19.48 ° W | 7 km | [9] |
K | 51.9 ° N , 25.66 ° W | 8 kilometers | [10] |
L. | 53.63 ° N , 26.86 ° W | 7 km | [11] |
M. | 54.24 ° N , 26.71 ° W | 6 km | [12] |
N | 53.87 ° N , 25.68 ° W | 8 kilometers | [13] |
O | 55.17 ° N , 25.67 ° W | 7 km | [14] |
P | 52.92 ° N , 23.65 ° W | 9 km | [15] |
Q | 52.67 ° N , 24.03 ° W | 8 kilometers | [16] |
R. | 55.03 ° N , 21.36 ° W | 7 km | [17] |
S. | 57.33 ° N , 25.23 ° W | 4 km | [18] |
T | 59.3 ° N , 29.77 ° W | 6 km | [19] |
U | 54.55 ° N , 22.75 ° W | 7 km | [20] |
V | 54.53 ° N , 24.16 ° W | 6 km | [21] |
X | 57.21 ° N , 21.53 ° W | 4 km | [22] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Charles-Marie de La Condamine .
Web links
- La Condamine in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- La Condamine on The-Moon Wiki