Pictet (moon crater)
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Pictet (top center) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 43.56 ° S , 7.56 ° W | |
diameter | 60 km | |
depth | 1780 m | |
Card sheet | 112 (PDF) | |
Named after | Marc-Auguste Pictet (1752-1825) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Pictet is an impact crater south of the lunar front , south of Mare Nubium , east of Tycho crater and west of Saussure . The crater is badly eroded and covered by the Tycho ejecta .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 44.98 ° S , 8.04 ° W | 33 km | [1] |
C. | 42.77 ° S , 7.82 ° W | 7 km | [2] |
D. | 45.99 ° S , 9.24 ° W | 20 km | [3] |
E. | 41.39 ° S , 7.79 ° W | 70 km | [4] |
F. | 42.8 ° S , 6.41 ° W | 10 km | [5] |
N | 41.59 ° S , 8.32 ° W | 6 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Swiss scientist Marc-Auguste Pictet .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .