Menzel (moon crater)

Menzel
position	3.39 °  N , 36.93 °  E Coordinates: 3 ° 23 '24 "  N , 36 ° 55' 48"  E
diameter	3 km
depth	500 m
Card sheet	61 (PDF)
Type	ALC
Named after	Donald Menzel (1901-1976)
Named since	1979
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Menzel is a very small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon in the level of Mare Tranquillitatis , southeast of Wallach and southwest of Zähringer .

The crater was officially named after Donald Menzel by the IAU in 1979 .

Web links

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