Stewart (moon crater)
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| Stewart (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 2.17 ° N , 66.95 ° O | |
| diameter | 14 km | |
| depth | 1090 m | |
| Card sheet | 62 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John Quincy Stewart (1894–1972) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Stewart is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the lunar front , on the northeastern edge of Mare Spumans , north of Pomortsev crater and southwest of Dubyago .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the American astrophysicist John Quincy Stewart . Previously, he was as Dubyago Q referred.
Web links
- Stewart in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Stewart 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 .