Turner (moon crater)

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Turner (moon equatorial region)
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position 1.4 °  S , 13.28 °  W Coordinates: 1 ° 24 '0 "  S , 13 ° 16' 48"  W.
diameter 11 km
depth 2630 m
Card sheet 76 (PDF)
Type ALC
Named after Herbert H. Turner (1861-1930)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Turner is a relatively small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon in the Mare Insularum plain , southeast of Gambart crater .

List of Turner minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 1.1 °  S , 14.79 °  W 5 km [1]
B. 0.99 °  S , 10.67 °  W 5 km [2]
C. 2.42 °  S , 12.3 °  W 5 km [3]
F. 1.62 °  S , 14.18 °  W 7 km [4]
H 2.82 °  S , 13.03 °  W 4 km [5]
K 3.87 °  S , 13.48 °  W 4 km [6]
L. 3.45 °  S , 12.66 °  W 5 km [7]
M. 4.25 °  S , 11.86 °  W 3 km [8th]
N 2.89 °  S , 12.11 °  W 4 km [9]
Q 1.01 °  S , 12.51 °  W 3 km [10]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British astronomer Herbert H. Turner .

Web links

  • Turner in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Turner on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .