Tolansky (moon crater)
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| Tolansky (bottom center) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 9.54 ° S , 16.04 ° W | |
| diameter | 13 km | |
| depth | 980 m | |
| Card sheet | 76 (PDF) | |
| Type | SOS | |
| Named after | Samuel Tolansky (1907–1973) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Tolansky is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the Mare Cognitum plain , south of Parry crater and northwest of Guericke . The crater is little eroded and the crater floor is flat.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the British physicist Samuel Tolansky .
Web links
- Tolansky in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Tolansky 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 .