Pascal (moon crater)

Pascal

Pascal with side craters (north above; LROC -WAC)

position

74.37 ° N , 70.46 ° W Coordinates: 74 ° 22 '12 " N , 70 ° 27' 36" 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

108.2

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.

List of minor craters by Pascal
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	72.93 ° N , 75.03 ° WMoon 72.93 -75.03	27 km	[1]
F.	75.65 ° N , 76.17 ° WMoon 75.65 -76.17	26 km	[2]
G	73.01 ° N , 66.22 ° WMoon 73.01 -66.22	14 km	[3]
J	72.2 ° N , 69.24 ° WMoon 72.2 -69.24	14 km	[4]
L.	73.81 ° N , 63.65 ° WMoon 73.81 -63.65	20 km	[5]

The crater was named by the IAU in 1964 after the French mathematician Blaise Pascal .

Web links

Pascal in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Pascal 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 .

[1] John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .