Lamont (moon crater)

Lamont
Lamont ( LROC -WAC)
position	5.08 °  N , 23.41 °  E Coordinates: 5 ° 4 '48 "  N , 23 ° 24' 36"  E
diameter	75 km
Card sheet	60 (PDF)
Named after	Johann von Lamont (1805–1879)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

False color image from Lamont (UV / VIS ratio), image from the Clementine probe

Lamont and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)

Lamont is an oval surface structure on the front of the moon in the plain of Mare Tranquillitatis , southeast of the Arago crater .

It is believed that the system of concentric elevations is the remains of an impact basin. A Mascon was detected below the structure .

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the astronomer Johann von Lamont .

literature

• J. Dvorak, RJ Phillips: Gravity anomaly and structure associated with the Lamont region of the moon. In: Proceedings of the 10th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , Houston, Texas, July 28-August 1, 1975, Pergamon Press, pp. 2265-2275, bibcode : 1979LPSC ... 10.2265D

Web links

• Lamont in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Lamont on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1] [2] [3]

Individual evidence