Sampson (moon crater)
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| position | 29.58 ° N , 16.54 ° W | |
| diameter | 2 km | |
| Card sheet | 40 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Ralph Allen Sampson (1866-1939) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Sampson is a very small impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the Mare Imbrium plain , northeast of Lambert and northwest of Timocharis .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the British astronomer Ralph Allen Sampson .
Web links
- Sampson in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Sampson on The-Moon Wiki