Patricia (moon crater)
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| Patricia, Ann and Michael ( Apollo 15 recording) | ||
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| position | 24.89 ° N , 0.5 ° E | |
| diameter | 11 km | |
| Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
| Named after | female English first name | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Patricia is a small moon crater on the front of the moon on the southern edge of the Palus Putredinis .
The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 41A3 / S1 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.
Web links
- Patricia in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Patricia on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Topophotomap 41A3 / 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