Ross (moon crater)
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| Ross (middle right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 11.66 ° N , 21.73 ° E | |
| diameter | 24 km | |
| depth | 1840 m | |
| Card sheet | 60 (PDF) | |
| Named after |
James Clark Ross (1800–1862), Frank Elmore Ross (1874–1960) |
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| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Ross is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the plain of Mare Tranquillitatis , southwest of Pliny crater and northeast of Sosigenes .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 11.37 ° N , 20.17 ° E | 6 km | [1] |
| C. | 11.6 ° N , 18.93 ° O | 5 km | [2] |
| D. | 12.57 ° N , 23.32 ° E | 8 kilometers | [3] |
| E. | 11.04 ° N , 23.4 ° E | 4 km | [4] |
| F. | 10.91 ° N , 24.24 ° E | 5 km | [5] |
| G | 10.68 ° N , 24.85 ° O | 5 km | [6] |
| H | 10.24 ° N , 21.81 ° E | 4 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English explorer James Clark Ross and the American astronomer and physicist Frank Elmore Ross .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .