Pascal (moon crater)
Pascal | ||
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Pascal with side craters (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 74.37 ° N , 70.46 ° W | |
diameter | 108 km | |
depth | 4630 m | |
Card sheet | 2 (PDF) | |
Named after | Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) | |
Named since | 1964 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Pascal is an impact crater on the moon between Poncelet C in the north and Desargues in the south on the western edge of the moon's front . The wall is heavily leveled and eroded. The depth is given as 4630 m.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 72.93 ° N , 75.03 ° W | 27 km | [1] |
F. | 75.65 ° N , 76.17 ° W | 26 km | [2] |
G | 73.01 ° N , 66.22 ° W | 14 km | [3] |
J | 72.2 ° N , 69.24 ° W | 14 km | [4] |
L. | 73.81 ° N , 63.65 ° W | 20 km | [5] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1964 after the French mathematician Blaise Pascal .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .