Osama (moon crater)
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position | 18.59 ° N , 5.26 ° E | |
diameter | 420 m | |
Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
Named after | Arabic male name | |
Named since | 1976 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Osama is a small impact crater on the front of the moon in Lacus Felicitatis north of the Yangel crater .
The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 41C3 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1979.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Topophotomap 41C3 / S1
- ^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977