Rutherfurd (moon crater)
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| position | 61.09 ° S , 12.39 ° W | |
| diameter | 47 km | |
| Card sheet | 126 (PDF) | |
| Type | TRI | |
| Named after | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816-1892) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Rutherfurd is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , within the whale level of the large crater Clavius , on its southern edge. The crater is hardly eroded, has a somewhat irregular shape and has concentric structures and a central mountain on the inside .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 62.28 ° S , 12.14 ° W | 10 km | [1] |
| B. | 62.57 ° S , 11.72 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
| C. | 62.51 ° S , 11.05 ° W | 12 km | [3] |
| D. | 63.33 ° S , 9.08 ° W | 10 km | [4] |
| E. | 62.81 ° S , 8.54 ° W | 9 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American astronomer Lewis Morris Rutherfurd .
Web links
- Rutherfurd in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Rutherfurd on The-Moon Wiki