Lepaute (moon crater)
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| Lepaute and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 33.3 ° S , 33.73 ° W | |
| diameter | 16 km | |
| depth | 2070 m | |
| Card sheet | 111 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723–1788) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lepaute is an impact crater to the west of the lunar front , on the western edge of the Palus Epidemiarum plain , west of Ramsden crater . The crater is irregularly oval shaped and heavily eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| D. | 34.36 ° S , 36.34 ° W | 21 km | [1] |
| E. | 35.74 ° S , 35.11 ° W | 11 km | [2] |
| F. | 37.35 ° S , 34.94 ° W | 6 km | [3] |
| K | 34.39 ° S , 34.06 ° W | 11 km | [4] |
| L. | 34.45 ° S , 35.39 ° W | 9 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Nicole-Reine Lepaute .
Web links
- Lepaute in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lepaute on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .