Peters (moon crater)
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Location of Peters | ||
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position | 68.06 ° N , 29.39 ° O | |
diameter | 16 km | |
depth | 500 m | |
Card sheet | 4 (PDF) | |
Named after | Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806–1880) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Peters is a small impact crater on the northeastern edge of the moon's front . It lies between the Neison and Arnold craters .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Christian August Friedrich Peters .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .