Stella (moon crater)

Stella
Mons Argaeus with Stella and Ching-Te (middle; LROC -WAC)
position	19.9 °  N , 29.76 °  E Coordinates: 19 ° 54 '0 "  N , 29 ° 45' 36"  E
diameter	1 km
Card sheet	42 (PDF)
Named after	female first name
Named since	1976
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Stella is a small impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , northeast of Mons Argaeus and west of Ching-Te . The Rima Rudolf runs south of Stella and the Rima Carmen runs to the west .

The name designation goes back to an originally unofficial designation on sheet 42C3 / S3 of the Topophotomap map series of NASA , which was taken over by the IAU in 1976.

Web links

• Stella in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Stella on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Topophotomap 42C3 / S3
2. ^ Excerpt from the Proceedings of the 16th General Assembly of the IAU (Grenoble 1976). In: Transactions of the IAU vol. XVIB, edited by D. Riedel, 1977