Lindsay (moon crater)
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| position | 7 ° S , 13 ° E | |
| diameter | 32 km | |
| depth | 620 m | |
| Card sheet | 78 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Eric Mervyn Lindsay (1907–1974) | |
| Named since | 1979 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lindsay is an impact crater on the front of the moon , east of Hipparchus and north of Andel . The crater is badly eroded and the rim wall has some openings. The inside is flat.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1979 after the Irish astronomer Eric Mervyn Lindsay .
Web links
- Lindsay in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lindsay 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 .