Tisserand (moon crater)
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| position | 21.36 ° N , 48.11 ° E | |
| diameter | 35 km | |
| depth | 2930 m | |
| Card sheet | 43 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Félix Tisserand (1845-1896). | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Tisserand is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , east of Macrobius crater near the western edge of Mare Crisium . The medium-sized, somewhat irregularly shaped crater is moderately eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 20.3 ° N , 49.48 ° E | 25 km | [1] |
| B. | 20.61 ° N , 51.33 ° E | 9 km | [2] |
| D. | 21.75 ° N , 49.47 ° E | 6 km | [3] |
| K | 19.73 ° N , 50.21 ° E | 14 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Félix Tisserand .
Web links
- Tisserand in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Tisserand 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 .