Letronne (moon crater)
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| Letronne and side crater ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 10.52 ° S , 42.45 ° W | |
| diameter | 118 km | |
| depth | 1190 m | |
| Card sheet | 75 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Jean Antoine Letronne (1787–1848) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Image taken from Apollo 16
Letronne is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum , east of Hansteen and Billy craters and north of Gassendi .
The crater is largely flooded by the lavas of Oceanus Procellarum, the northern part of the wall has completely disappeared and part of the western wall is covered by the Winthrop crater . The ridge of the Dorsa Rubey, which extends in a north-south direction, ends approximately in the middle of the crater .
| Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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| A. | 12.16 ° S , 39.12 ° W | 7 km | [1] | |
| B. | 11.28 ° S , 41.31 ° W | 6 km | [2] | |
| C. | 10.73 ° S , 38.51 ° W | 4 km | [3] | |
| D. | Renamed to Scheele | |||
| F. | 9.24 ° S , 46.13 ° W | 8 kilometers | [4] | |
| G | 12.69 ° S , 46.63 ° W | 10 km | [5] | |
| H | 12.68 ° S , 46.16 ° W | 4 km | [6] | |
| K | 14.39 ° S , 43.69 ° W | 8 kilometers | [7] | |
| L. | 14.33 ° S , 44.3 ° W | 5 km | [8th] | |
| M. | 11.97 ° S , 44.25 ° W | 4 km | [9] | |
| N | 12.33 ° S , 39.86 ° W | 4 km | [10] | |
| P | Renamed to Winthrop | |||
| T | 12.48 ° S , 42.77 ° W | 4 km | [11] | |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French ancient scientist Jean Antoine Letronne .
Web links
- Letronne in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Letronne 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 .