Quetelet (moon crater)
| Quetelet | ||
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| position | 42.73 ° N , 135.3 ° W | |
| diameter | 53 km | |
| Card sheet | 34 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874) | |
| Named since | 1970 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Quetelet is an impact crater on the northern hemisphere on the far side of the moon . He holds a secondary craters, Quetelet T .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| T | 42.54 ° N , 137.99 ° W | 47 km | [1] |
The crater was named in 1970 by the IAU after the Belgian astronomer Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874).