Maxwell (moon crater)

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Maxwell
Maxwell (moon equatorial region)
Maxwell
position 29.85 °  N , 98.34 °  O coordinates: 29 ° 51 '0 "  N , 98 ° 20' 24"  O
diameter 109 km
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Named after James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)
Named since 1961
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Maxwell is a lunar crater in the northern hemisphere on the far side of the moon .

Web links

  • Maxwell in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Maxwell Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
  • Maxwell Apollo Image Atlas