Mitchell (moon crater)

Mitchell

Mitchell on the southwestern edge of Aristotle ( LROC -WAC)

position

49.77 ° N , 20.17 ° E Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '12 " N , 20 ° 10' 12" E

diameter

32 km

depth

1040 m

Card sheet

13 (PDF)

Named after

Maria Mitchell (1818-1889)

Named since

1935

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

32.15

Mitchell is an impact crater northeast of the front of the moon on the southern edge of Mare Frigoris . It is heavily eroded and is covered by the southeastern wall of the large Aristotle crater .

List of Mitchell minor craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
B.	48.53 ° N , 19.44 ° EMoon 48.53 19.44	5 km	[1]
E.	47.69 ° N , 21.71 ° EMoon 47.69 21.71	8 kilometers	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American astronomer Maria Mitchell .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .

[1] John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .