Pontécoulant (moon crater)

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Pontécoulant
Pontécoulant (moon south pole region)
Pontécoulant
position 58.76 °  S , 66.07 °  O coordinates: 58 ° 45 '36 "  S , 66 ° 4' 12"  O
diameter 91 km
depth 5600 m
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Named after Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant (1795–1874)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Pontécoulant is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , southwest of Mare Australe , east of Hagecius crater . The crater rim is eroded with pronounced, multiple terracing , the interior of the crater is largely flat.

List of minor craters of Pontécoulant
Letter position diameter link
A. 57.73 °  S , 62.79 °  O 19 km [1]
B. 57.98 °  S , 58.59 °  E 37 km [2]
C. 55.68 °  S , 59.24 °  E 32 km [3]
D. 60.25 °  S , 71.47 °  O 13 km [4]
E. 60.51 °  S , 64.83 °  O 44 km [5]
F. 57.58 °  S , 68.11 °  O 67 km [6]
G 57.55 °  S , 60.51 °  O 39 km [7]
H 58.77 °  S , 66.1 °  E 8 kilometers [8th]
J 61.75 °  S , 64.07 °  O 38 km [9]
K 61.59 °  S , 60.86 °  O 14 km [10]
L. 59.09 °  S , 60.07 °  O 17 km [11]
M. 60.89 °  S , 74.51 °  O 9 km [12]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant .

Web links

Individual evidence

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