Smithson (moon crater)
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| position | 2.35 ° N , 53.64 ° E | |
| diameter | 6 km | |
| depth | 950 m | |
| Card sheet | 62 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | James Smithson (1765-1829) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Smithson is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon near the northeastern edge in the plain of the Mare Fecunditatis , southwest of the crater Apollonius .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the British mineralogist and chemist James Smithson . Previously, he was as taruntius N designated.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .