Pickering (moon crater)
| Pickering | ||
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| position | 2.88 ° S , 6.95 ° E | |
| diameter | 15 km | |
| depth | 2740 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Type | BIO | |
| Named after |
Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919) William Henry Pickering (1858–1938) |
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| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Pickering is an impact crater on the front of the moon, southeast of Sinus Medii , northeast of Horrocks (moon crater) and northwest of Saunder . The crater is bowl-shaped with a flat bottom and hardly eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 1.58 ° S , 7.02 ° E | 4 km | [1] |
| B. | 2.11 ° S , 7.35 ° E | 6 km | [2] |
| C. | 1.55 ° S , 6.12 ° E | 4 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the brothers Edward Charles and William Henry Pickering , both American astronomers.
Web links
- Pickering in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Pickering 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 .