Porter (moon crater)

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Porter ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
position	56.14 °  S , 10.29 °  W Coordinates: 56 ° 8 ′ 24 "  S , 10 ° 17 ′ 24"  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 .

List of minor craters from Porter

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

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