Lindbergh (moon crater)
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position | 5.43 ° S , 52.88 ° E | |
diameter | 13 km | |
depth | 1890 m | |
Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
Type | ALC | |
Named after | Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974) | |
Named since | 1976 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Lindbergh is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the Mare Fecunditatis plain , west of the Bilharz crater . The bowl-shaped crater is hardly eroded.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the American aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh .
Web links
- Lindbergh in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lindbergh 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 .