Lohse (moon crater)
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Lohse (bottom left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 13.74 ° S , 60.28 ° O | |
diameter | 43 km | |
depth | 2120 m | |
Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
Named after | Wilhelm Oswald Lohse (1845–1915) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Lohse is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the eastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis , south of Langrenus crater and west of Lamé . The crater is heavily eroded and has a central mountain .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Wilhelm Oswald Lohse .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .