Van Vleck (moon crater)
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| position | 1.71 ° S , 78.15 ° O | |
| diameter | 33 km | |
| depth | 3030 m | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John Monroe Van Vleck (1833-1912) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Van Vleck is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , west of Mare Smythii , northeast of the large Gilbert crater and immediately southeast of Weierstrass . The crater rim is round and little eroded, there are concentric landslides along the inner rim, the crater floor is flat.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the American astronomer John Monroe Van Vleck . Previously, the crater was labeled Gilbert M .
Web links
- Van Vleck in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Van Vleck 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 .