Lee (moon crater)
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Lee (bottom left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 30.64 ° S , 40.79 ° W | |
diameter | 41 km | |
depth | 1340 m | |
Card sheet | 93 (PDF) | |
Named after | John Lee (1783–1866) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Lee is an impact crater in the southwest of the lunar front , on the southern edge of Mare Humorum , south of Doppelmayer crater and west of Vitello . The crater wall is very badly eroded and completely disappeared in the northeast, the interior is flooded by the lavas of the Mare .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 31.46 ° S , 41.28 ° W | 17 km | [1] |
H | 30.85 ° S , 38.87 ° W | 5 km | [2] |
M. | 29.88 ° S , 39.67 ° W | 72 km | [3] |
S. | 30.86 ° S , 42.98 ° W | 7 km | [4] |
T | 30.05 ° S , 42.09 ° W | 5 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after British astronomer John Lee .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .