Robert (moon crater)

Robert
Robert and surroundings (photo Apollo 17 )
position	19.02 °  N , 27.45 °  E Coordinates: 19 ° 1 '12 "  N , 27 ° 27' 0"  E
diameter	560 m
Card sheet	42 (PDF)
Named after	male first name
Named since	1976
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Robert is a very small impact crater on the front of the moon on the border of Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis , northeast of Dawes crater and west of Fabrioni .

The name goes back to an originally unofficial name on sheet 42C3 / S2 of the Topophotomap map series from NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.

Web links

• Robert in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Robert on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Topophotomap 42C3 / S2
2. ^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977