Norman (moon crater)
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| position | 11.79 ° S , 30.39 ° W | |
| diameter | 10 km | |
| depth | 2150 m | |
| Card sheet | 75 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Robert Norman (16th century) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Norman is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum , northeast of Herigonius crater and south of Euclides .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the English navigator and scientist Robert Norman . Previously, the crater when it was Euclidus B referred.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .