Nicholson (moon crater)
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| Nicholson (center left) and surroundings ( LROC- WAC) | ||
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| position | 26.26 ° S , 85.15 ° W | |
| diameter | 38 km | |
| depth | 3570 m | |
| Card sheet | 91 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891-1963) | |
| Named since | 1970 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Nicholson is an impact crater on the far western edge of the moon front , southeast of the Mare Orientale on the edge of the Montes Rook , northeast of the Pettit crater . The irregular rim of the crater is only slightly eroded, and traces of landslides can be seen inside.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1970 after the American astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson .
Web links
- Nicholson in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Nicholson 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 .