Lenard (moon crater)
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| Lenard at the bottom left on the edge of Hermite ( Clementine ) | ||
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| position | 85.17 ° N , 109.32 ° W | |
| diameter | 45 km | |
| Card sheet | 1 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Philipp Lenard (1862–1947), German physicist | |
| Named since | October 30, 2008 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lenard is an impact crater on the moon near the lunar north pole . It covers the southwest crater wall of Hermite .
It was named on October 30, 2008 by the IAU after the German physicist Philipp Lenard .
In 2020, after learning of Lenard's anti-Semitic and Aryan sentiments at the IAU, Charles Wood, chairman of the IAU's Working Group on the Nomenclature of the Moon, recommended that the name "Lenard" be replaced.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Philipp Ball: Astronomers unknowingly dedicated moon craters to Nazis . June 26, 2020. Accessed June 27, 2020.