Theiler (moon crater)
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| position | 13.35 ° N , 82.81 ° O | |
| diameter | 9 km | |
| depth | 690 m | |
| Card sheet | 63 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Max Theiler (1899–1972) | |
| Named since | 1979 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Theiler is a small impact crater on the far eastern edge of the front of the moon in the Mare Marginis plain , north of the large Neper crater .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1979 after the South African bacteriologist Max Theiler .
Web links
- Theiler in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Theiler 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 .