Leibnitz (moon crater)
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| position | 38.17 ° S , 179,54 ° O | |
| diameter | 233 km | |
| Card sheet | 120 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz , German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716). | |
| Named since | 1970 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Leibnitz is an impact crater on Earth's moon that is around 233 kilometers in diameter.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| R. | 39.49 ° S , 176.5 ° E | 20 km | [1] |
| S. | 40.06 ° S , 172.27 ° O | 34 km | [2] |
| X | 36.81 ° S , 177.51 ° O | 20 km | [3] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1970 after Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz , a German mathematician and philosopher.