Vallis Bouvard
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Vallis Bouvard ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 38.44 ° S , 83.56 ° W | |
diameter | 288 km | |
Named after | Alexis Bouvard (1767-1843). | |
See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |
The Vallis Bouvard is a lunar valley on the extreme western edge of the lunar front . It extends over a distance of nearly 300 kilometers from a point northeast of Baade Crater , near Bouvard D Crater , in a northeast direction to near Shaler Crater . Like the neighboring structures of Vallis Baade and Vallis Inghirami, it points in the direction of the large impact basin of the Mare Orientale . At the widest point it is about 50 km wide.
The Vallis Bouvard is the only lunar valley that gives its name to a group of side craters:
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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B. | 41.71 ° S , 79.82 ° W | 25 km | [1] |
C. | 37.09 ° S , 77.48 ° W | 15 km | [2] |
D. | 42.77 ° S , 80.66 ° W | 27 km | [3] |
E. | 41.9 ° S , 77.53 ° W | 13 km | [4] |
F. | 42.46 ° S , 76.55 ° W | 12 km | [5] |
G | 42.07 ° S , 74.74 ° W | 20 km | [6] |
M. | 40.61 ° S , 77.52 ° W | 74 km | [7] |
N | 38.57 ° S , 76.52 ° W | 66 km | [8th] |
P | 38.92 ° S , 75.16 ° W | 14 km | [9] |
R. | 35.56 ° S , 84.38 ° W | 8 kilometers | [10] |
S. | 35.62 ° S , 80.63 ° W | 12 km | [11] |
The structure was officially named by the IAU in 1970 after the French astronomer and mathematician Alexis Bouvard .
Web links
- Vallis Bouvard in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Vallis Bouvard on The-Moon Wiki