Swift (moon crater)
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| Swift, Peirce and Dorsum Oppel ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 19.33 ° N , 53.43 ° E | |
| diameter | 10 km | |
| depth | 2040 m | |
| Card sheet | 44 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Lewis A. Swift (1820-1913) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Swift is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon in the Mare Crisium plain , north of Peirce crater . The crater is bowl-shaped and has hardly any traces of erosion.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .