Santos-Dumont (moon crater)
| Santos-Dumont | ||
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| Santos-Dumont with Montes Apenninus ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 27.79 ° N , 4.75 ° E | |
| diameter | 8 kilometers | |
| depth | 2000 m | |
| Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Alberto Santos Dumont (1873-1932) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Santos-Dumont is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the northern part of the Montes Apenninus . It is located south of the Fresnel Promontory and southeast of the large Autolycus crater . To the south of it is the Mons Hadley mountain range and to the southwest of it is the landing site of Apollo 15 .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the Brazilian air pioneer and inventor Alberto Santos Dumont .
Web links
- Santos-Dumont in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Santos-Dumont 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 .