Pingré (moon crater)

Pingré
Pingré ( LROC -WAC)
position	58.59 °  S , 73.99 °  W Coordinates: 58 ° 35 ′ 24 "  S , 73 ° 59 ′ 24"  W
diameter	88 km
depth	4050 m
Card sheet	124 (PDF)
Named after	Alexandre Guy Pingré (1711–1796)
Named since	1961
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Pingré is an impact crater on the southwestern edge of the front of the moon , northeast of Hausen crater and southwest of Inghirami . The rim of the crater is very badly eroded and the interior also shows numerous later impacts.

List of minor craters of Pingré

Letter	position	diameter	link
B.	57.59 °  S , 65.44 °  W	18 km	[1]
C.	58.36 °  S , 68.42 °  W	23 km	[2]
D.	56.58 °  S , 84.25 °  W	17 km	[3]
E.	56.35 °  S , 78.78 °  W	14 km	[4]
F.	59.88 °  S , 71.29 °  W	16 km	[5]
G	57.95 °  S , 69.02 °  W	14 km	[6]
H	Renamed to Yakovkin
J	59.05 °  S , 68.97 °  W	17 km	[7]
K	55.23 °  S , 77.86 °  W	17 km	[8th]
L.	53.87 °  S , 85.82 °  W	18 km	[9]
M.	53.52 °  S , 83.19 °  W	19 km	[10]
N	58.04 °  S , 83.91 °  W	18 km	[11]
P	54.01 °  S , 69.71 °  W	18 km	[12]
S.	60.33 °  S , 82.39 °  W	72 km	[13]
U	56.26 °  S , 65.99 °  W	15 km	[14]
W.	56.49 °  S , 71.02 °  W	10 km	[15]
X	58.8 °  S , 79.12 °  W	9 km	[16]
Y	58.43 °  S , 78.1 °  W	14 km	[17]
Z	55.07 °  S , 82.8 °  W	13 km	[18]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1961 after the French astronomer Alexandre Guy Pingré .

Web links

• Pingré in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Pingré on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

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