Pontécoulant (moon crater)

Pontécoulant
position	58.76 °  S , 66.07 °  O coordinates: 58 ° 45 '36 "  S , 66 ° 4' 12"  O
diameter	91 km
depth	5600 m
Card sheet	128 (PDF)
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

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

• Pontécoulant in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Pontécoulant 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 .