Manners (moon crater)

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Manners
Lamont - LROC - WAC.JPG
Manners and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Manners (lunar equatorial region)
Manners
position 4.56 °  N , 19.99 °  E Coordinates: 4 ° 33 '36 "  N , 19 ° 59' 24"  E
diameter 15 km
depth 1720 m
Card sheet 60 (PDF)
Named after Russell Henry Manners (1800-1870)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Manners is a circular, bowl-shaped impact crater on the Earth's moon in the western part of Mare Tranquillitatis . It has a raised edge and a relatively flat inner surface. Due to its higher albedo compared to the surrounding Maria , it appears bright.

To the northeast is the Arago crater and to the south you can see the Ritter and Sabine craters .

List of Manners minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 4.64 °  N , 19.1 °  E 3 km [1]

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 279

Web links

  • Manners in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS