Gay-Lussac (moon crater)
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| Montes Carpatus with Gay-Lussac ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 13.86 ° N , 20.78 ° W | |
| diameter | 25 km | |
| Card sheet | 58 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Gay-Lussac is an impact crater located north of the striking Copernicus crater in the foothills of the Montes-Carpatus mountain range .
The rim of the crater appears slightly deformed, but is essentially circular. The crater floor is flat but rough. A central peak is missing, in its place the floor shows several small depressions.
The satellite crater Gay-Lussac A adjoins the southeastern rim of the crater .
In the southwest there is a wide ridge called Rima Gay-Lussac . The almost straight formation with curves at both ends runs over a distance of 40 kilometers from southwest to northeast.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 13.17 ° N , 20.39 ° W | 15 km | [1] |
| B. | 16.18 ° N , 21.19 ° W | 3 km | [2] |
| C. | 15.41 ° N , 22.57 ° W | 5 km | [3] |
| D. | 14.57 ° N , 21.07 ° W | 6 km | [4] |
| F. | 14 ° N , 19.67 ° W | 5 km | [5] |
| G | 13.83 ° N , 18.89 ° W | 5 km | [6] |
| H | 13.4 ° N , 23.36 ° W | 6 km | [7] |
| J | 11.33 ° N , 21.87 ° W | 2 km | [8th] |
| N | 12.6 ° N , 20.95 ° W | 2 km | [9] |
Web links
- Gay-Lussac in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Gay-Lussac on The-Moon Wiki
- Gay-Lussac crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
