Mons Ampère
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| Mons Ampère and Mons Huygens on the edge of the Montes Apenninus ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 19.32 ° N , 3.71 ° W | |
| diameter | 30 km | |
| Named after | André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836) | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
The Mons amperes is the mountain on the Earth's moon , who after the French physicist in 1935 André-Marie Ampere was named. It lies on the edge of the Montes Apenninus , southeast of the small Huygens crater above the Mare Imbrium plain and has a diameter of around 30 km.
See also
Web links
- Mons Ampère in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Mons Ampère on The-Moon Wiki