Nicollet (moon crater)
| Nicollet | ||
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| position | 21.96 ° S , 12.56 ° W | |
| diameter | 15 km | |
| depth | 2030 m | |
| Card sheet | 94 (PDF) | |
| Type | SOS | |
| Named after | Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (1786–1843) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Nicollet is an impact crater to the southwest of the front of the moon in the Mare Nubium plain , east of Bullialdus crater and west of Birt . The crater is hardly eroded with a flat bottom.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. | 20.17 ° S , 13.63 ° W | 4 km | [1] |
| D. | 23.27 ° S , 12.32 ° W | 2 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French mathematician and geographer Joseph Nicolas Nicollet .
Web links
- Nicollet in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Nicollet 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 .