Minkowski (moon crater)

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Minkowski
Minkowski (Moon South Pole Region)
Minkowski
position 56.12 °  S , 145.72 °  W Coordinates: 56 ° 7 '12 "  S , 145 ° 43' 12"  W.
diameter 108 km
Card sheet 133 (PDF)
Named after Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909)
Rudolph Minkowski (1895–1976)
Named since 1970
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Minkowski is a moon crater in the southern hemisphere on the back of the moon . It is named after Hermann Minkowski , the space-time theorist of the theory of relativity.

List of Minkowski minor craters
Letter position diameter link
S. 56.26 °  S , 146 °  W 14 km [1]

Web links

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