Nasmyth (moon crater)
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| position | 50.49 ° S , 56.39 ° W | |
| diameter | 78 km | |
| depth | 1060 m | |
| Card sheet | 124 (PDF) | |
| Named after | James Nasmyth (1808-1890) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Nasmyth is an impact crater on the southwestern edge of the lunar front , south of the great whale plain of the Schickard , east of Wargentin and north of Phocylides , which overlays the southern part of Nasmyth. The rim of the crater is eroded and the interior, like the neighboring craters, is filled with lava.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| D. | 49.23 ° S , 55.41 ° W | 13 km | [1] |
| E. | 49.93 ° S , 57.78 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
| F. | 50.03 ° S , 53.69 ° W | 11 km | [3] |
| G | 49.64 ° S , 53.96 ° W | 8 kilometers | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Scottish engineer and astronomer James Nasmyth .
Web links
- Nasmyth in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Nasmyth 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 .