Naumann (moon crater)
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| position | 35.37 ° N , 61.99 ° W | |
| diameter | 10 km | |
| depth | 1840 m | |
| Card sheet | 23 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797–1873) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Naumann is a small impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum , southwest of Mons Rümker .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 37.45 ° N , 60.67 ° W | 11 km | [1] |
| G | 33.55 ° N , 60.71 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German geologist Carl Friedrich Naumann .
Web links
- Naumann in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Naumann 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 .