Nansen (moon crater)
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| Nansen Crater in photos of the Clementine mission | ||
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| position | 81.15 ° N , 95.67 ° O | |
| diameter | 111 km | |
| Card sheet | 1 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Fridtjof Nansen , Norwegian polar explorer (1861–1930). | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Nansen is an impact crater on the moon near the lunar north pole . The walls are badly eroded. Houssay Crater is superimposed on the wall on the northern edge .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 82.83 ° N , 65.38 ° O | 43 km | [1] |
| C. | 83.41 ° N , 55.51 ° O | 33 km | [2] |
| D. | 83.84 ° N , 66.01 ° O | 18 km | [3] |
| E. | 83.41 ° N , 72.66 ° O | 15 km | [4] |
| F. | 84.99 ° N , 62.81 ° O | 60 km | [5] |
| U | 81.54 ° N , 82.45 ° O | 14 km | [6] |