Pomortsev (moon crater)
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| Pomortsev (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 0.78 ° N , 66.87 ° O | |
| diameter | 21 km | |
| depth | 1460 m | |
| Card sheet | 62 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Mikhail Mikhailovich Pomorzew (1851-1916) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Pomortsev is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon on the eastern edge of Mare Spumans , southwest of Dubyago crater . To the north is the smaller Stewart crater .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the Russian rocket pioneer Mikhail Mikhailovich Pomorzew . Previously, he was as Dubyago P referred.
Web links
- Pomortsev in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Pomortsev 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 .