Naumann (moon crater)

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Naumann
Naumann LO-IV-170H LTVT.JPG
Naumann (image of Lunar Orbiter IV)
Naumann (moon equatorial region)
Naumann
position 35.37 °  N , 61.99 °  W Coordinates: 35 ° 22 '12 "  N , 61 ° 59' 24"  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

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Naumann is a small impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum , southwest of Mons Rümker .

List of Naumann's secondary craters
Letter position diameter link
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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .