Mitchell (moon crater)
Mitchell | ||
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Mitchell on the southwestern edge of Aristotle ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 49.77 ° N , 20.17 ° 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 |
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 .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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B. | 48.53 ° N , 19.44 ° E | 5 km | [1] |
E. | 47.69 ° N , 21.71 ° E | 8 kilometers | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American astronomer Maria Mitchell .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .