Temple (moon crater)

temple
position	3.72 °  N , 11.86 °  E Coordinates: 3 ° 43 '12 "  N , 11 ° 51' 36"  E
diameter	43 km
depth	1250 m
Card sheet	60 (PDF)
Named after	Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (1821–1889)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Tempel is a heavily eroded impact crater on the front of the moon west of the Mare Tranquillitatis , the western edge of which is covered by the crater Agrippa . The wall is irregular and completely leveled in places.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .