Svedberg (moon crater)
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| Svedberg and surroundings ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 81.69 ° S , 65.14 ° O | |
| diameter | 14 km | |
| Card sheet | 144 (PDF) | |
| Named after | The Svedberg (1884–1971) | |
| Named since | 2009 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Svedberg is a small impact crater on the front of the Moon near the South Pole, immediately northeast of Scott crater and northwest of Amundsen .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 2009 after the Swedish chemist and Nobel Prize winner The Svedberg .