Robinson (moon crater)
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| Robinson southwest of J. Herschel ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 59.03 ° N , 46.02 ° W | |
| diameter | 24 km | |
| depth | 3120 m | |
| Card sheet | 11 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Thomas Romney Robinson (1792-1882) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Robinson is a small impact crater in the northwest of the front of the moon southwest of the whale plain of J. Herschel on the northern edge of Mare Frigoris . To the east is the small Horrebow crater . The crater rim is only slightly eroded.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Irish astronomer Thomas Romney Robinson .
Web links
- Robinson in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Robinson on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .