Shaler (moon crater)
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| Shaler (top left) with Vallis Bouvard ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 32.88 ° S , 85.24 ° W | |
| diameter | 48 km | |
| depth | 3310 m | |
| Card sheet | 109 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Nathaniel Shaler (1841-1906) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Shaler is an impact crater on the far western edge of the lunar front , southeast of Mare Orientale , at the northern end of Vallis Bouvard and southeast of Wright Crater . The rim of the crater is irregularly shaped and the interior is largely flat.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the American geologist and paleontologist Nathaniel Shaler .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .