Michael (moon crater)

Michael

Michael ( LRO recording)

position

25.04 ° N , 0.21 ° E Coordinates: 25 ° 2 '24 " N , 0 ° 12' 36" E

diameter

3 km

Card sheet

41 (PDF)

Named after

male first name

Named since

1976

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

3.39

Michael is a small moon crater on the front of the moon on the southern edge of the Palus Putredinis .

The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 41A3 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.

Michael, Ann and Patricia ( Apollo 15 recording)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Topophotomap 41A3 / S1
^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977

[1] Topophotomap 41A3 / S1

[2] Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977