Trouvelot (moon crater)
Trouvelot | ||
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Vallis Alpes, below it Trouvelot ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 49.34 ° N , 5.78 ° E | |
diameter | 9 km | |
depth | 930 m | |
Card sheet | 12 (PDF) | |
Named after | Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827–1895) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Trouvelot is a small impact crater to the north of the moon's front . It is located south of the large lunar valley Vallis Alpes .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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G | 47.44 ° N , 0.25 ° E | 6 km | [1] |
H | 49.91 ° N , 4.49 ° O | 4 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer and illustrator Étienne Léopold Trouvelot .
Web links
- Trouvelot in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Trouvelot 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 .