Temple (moon crater)
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| position | 3.72 ° N , 11.86 ° 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
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .