Poincaré (moon crater)
| Poincaré | ||
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| position | 57.4 ° S , 163.22 ° O | |
| diameter | 312 km | |
| Card sheet | 132 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Jules Henri Poincaré (1854-1912). | |
| Named since | 1970 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
With a diameter of around 312 kilometers, Poincaré is one of the largest lunar craters at all. It was named after the French mathematician and physicist Jules Henri Poincaré .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. | 54.57 ° S , 168.73 ° O | 18 km | [1] |
| J | 59.65 ° S , 167.82 ° O | 20 km | [2] |
| Q | 59.55 ° S , 159.75 ° O | 25 km | [3] |
| R. | 60.2 ° S , 155 ° E | 52 km | [4] |
| X | 54.02 ° S , 161.15 ° O | 19 km | [5] |
| Z | 53.95 ° S , 164.29 ° O | 34 km | [6] |