Lyell (moon crater)

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Lyell
Lyell (moon equatorial region)
Lyell
position 13.6 °  N , 40.54 °  O coordinates: 13 ° 36 '0 "  N , 40 ° 32' 24"  O
diameter 31 km
depth 2560 m
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Named after Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Lyell is an impact crater on the front of the moon .

List of Lyell minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 14.31 °  N , 39.6 °  E 7 km [1]
B. 14.34 °  N , 38.46 °  O 5 km [2]
C. 15.12 °  N , 39.39 °  O 4 km [3]
D. 14.89 °  N , 41.44 °  O 17 km [4]
K 15.28 °  N , 40.86 °  E 5 km [5]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British geologist Charles Lyell .

Web links

  • Lyell in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Lyell on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .