Porter (moon crater)
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Porter ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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position | 56.14 ° S , 10.29 ° W | |
diameter | 51 km | |
depth | 4940 m | |
Card sheet | 126 (PDF) | |
Named after | Russell W. Porter (1871-1949) | |
Named since | 1970 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Porter is an impact crater to the south of the moon's front . It covers part of the north-eastern edge of the great whale plain of Clavius . The rim of the crater is eroded, the inside has a central mountain .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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B. | 54.47 ° S , 8.74 ° W | 11 km | [1] |
C. | 54.86 ° S , 10.57 ° W | 12 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1970 after the American amateur astronomer and telescope maker Russell W. Porter .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .