Landsteiner (moon crater)

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Landsteiner
Landsteiner (moon equatorial region)
Landsteiner
position 31.29 °  N , 14.8 °  W Coordinates: 31 ° 17 '24 "  N , 14 ° 48' 0"  W.
diameter 6 km
depth 1360 m
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Named after Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943)
Named since 1976
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Landsteiner is a small impact crater in the Mare Imbrium . Immediately to the south rises a low ridge called Dorsum Grabau . Beyond this ridge, further to the south, lies the striking crater Timocharis . The Dorsum Higazy extends west of Timocharis .

Landsteiner is circular and bowl-shaped. It shows no significant traces of erosion.

Before it was given its current name by the IAU in 1976 , Landsteiner was known as 'Timocharis F'.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 278

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