Lubbock (moon crater)
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| position | 3.98 ° S , 41.76 ° O | |
| diameter | 13 km | |
| depth | 300 m | |
| Card sheet | 79 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John William Lubbock (1803-1865) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lubbock is a small impact crater on the front of the moon on the edge of Mare Fecunditatis , north of Gutenberg crater and southwest of Messier . The crater is inconspicuous and shallow. It overlies the northern foothills of the Rimae Goclenius .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. | 4.9 ° S , 39.87 ° O | 7 km | [1] |
| D. | 4.6 ° S , 39.15 ° O | 11 km | [2] |
| G | 3.72 ° S , 39.27 ° E | 11 km | [3] |
| H | 2.69 ° S , 41.77 ° O | 9 km | [4] |
| K | 5.17 ° S , 38.33 ° E | 7 km | [5] |
| L. | 5.01 ° S , 39.26 ° O | 6 km | [6] |
| M. | 0.32 ° S , 38.68 ° E | 17 km | [7] |
| N | 1.6 ° S , 39.69 ° O | 24 km | [8th] |
| P | 2.95 ° S , 39.51 ° O | 7 km | [9] |
| R. | 0.17 ° S , 40.45 ° O | 24 km | [10] |
| S. | 0.63 ° N , 41.31 ° E | 25 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British banker, mathematician and astronomer John William Lubbock .
Web links
- Lubbock in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lubbock 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 .