Plana (moon crater)
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| Plana and Lacus Mortis ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 42.24 ° N , 28.23 ° E | |
| diameter | 43 km | |
| depth | 1800 m | |
| Card sheet | 26 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781–1864) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Plana is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon on the southern edge of Lacus Mortis . To the east of it lies the Mason crater .
Plana is badly eroded and has a central mountain . The inside of the crater is flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| C. | 42.77 ° N , 27.12 ° E | 14 km | [1] |
| D. | 41.75 ° N , 26.16 ° O | 7 km | [2] |
| E. | 40.54 ° N , 23.57 ° E | 6 km | [3] |
| F. | 39.82 ° N , 23.98 ° O | 5 km | [4] |
| G | 39.05 ° N , 22.92 ° E | 9 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana .
Web links
- Plana in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Plana on The-Moon Wiki
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [6]
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .