Landsteiner (moon crater)
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| position | 31.29 ° N , 14.8 ° W | |
| diameter | 6 km | |
| depth | 1360 m | |
| Card sheet | 40 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
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
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 278
Web links
- Landsteiner in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Landsteiner crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
