La Condamine (moon crater)

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La Condamine
La Condamine - LROC - WAC.JPG
La Condamine with side craters ( LROC - WAC)
La Condamine (Moon North Pole Region)
La Condamine
position 53.54 °  N , 28.24 °  W Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '24 "  N , 28 ° 14' 24"  W.
diameter 38 km
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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

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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 .

List of side craters of La Condamine
Letter position diameter link
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 .

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