Shuckburgh (moon crater)
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| position | 42.61 ° N , 52.67 ° O | |
| diameter | 37 km | |
| depth | 1310 m | |
| Card sheet | 27 (PDF) | |
| Named after | George Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Baronet (1751-1804) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Shuckburgh is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon . It lies between Chevallier in the northwest and Hooke in the southeast southwest of the Lacus Temporis . Its crater wall is badly eroded, the inside is flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 43.06 ° N , 55.41 ° E | 18 km | [1] |
| C. | 43.52 ° N , 52.71 ° O | 12 km | [2] |
| E. | 44.03 ° N , 56.99 ° O | 10 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English mathematician and astronomer George Shuckburgh-Evelyn .
Web links
- Shuckburgh in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Shuckburgh 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 .