Osama (moon crater)

Osama

position

18.59 ° N , 5.26 ° E Coordinates: 18 ° 35 '24 " N , 5 ° 15' 36" 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

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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.

Osama, Ina , Dag and Mons Agnes ( Apollo 17 recording)

Web links

Osama in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Osama on The-Moon Wiki

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

[1] Topophotomap 41C3 / S1

[2] 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