MacMillan (moon crater)
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| position | 24.18 ° N , 7.85 ° W | |
| diameter | 7 km | |
| depth | 360 m | |
| Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William Duncan MacMillan (1871-1948). | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
MacMillan is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the Mare Imbrium . It is located southwest of a single elevation near the southwestern foothills of the Archimedes Mountains .
MacMillan forms a bowl-shaped depression in the surface that resembles the nearby lunar sea in its albedo . In contrast, the crater edges appear a little lighter.
Before the crater was given its own name by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 , it was referred to as 'Archimedes F'.
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2000, p. 278
Web links
- MacMillan in the IAU's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (WGPSN) / USGS
- MacMillan Crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
