Stella (moon crater)
Stella | ||
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Mons Argaeus with Stella and Ching-Te (middle; LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 19.9 ° N , 29.76 ° 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.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Topophotomap 42C3 / S3
- ^ 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