Vasco da Gama (moon crater)
| Vasco da Gama | ||
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| Vasco da Gama with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 13.77 ° N , 83.9 ° W | |
| diameter | 94 km | |
| depth | 2780 m | |
| Card sheet | 55 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Vasco da Gama (approx. 1460–1524) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Vasco da Gama is an impact crater on the westernmost edge of the front of the moon , so if at all it is only visible from earth in a strongly distorted manner. The crater is northeast of Bohr and south of Dalton . It is very badly eroded. The interior is criss-crossed by cracks and has a concentric ring structure with a central peak .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 12.62 ° N , 80.02 ° W | 23 km | [1] |
| B. | 15.7 ° N , 83.06 ° W | 25 km | [2] |
| C. | 11.43 ° N , 85 ° W | 47 km | [3] |
| F. | 13.86 ° N , 80.72 ° W | 55 km | [4] |
| P | 11.97 ° N , 80.31 ° W | 103 km | [5] |
| R. | 10 ° N , 83.4 ° W | 55 km | [6] |
| S. | 12.63 ° N , 82.87 ° W | 28 km | [7] |
| T | 11.83 ° N , 83.43 ° W | 20 km | [8th] |
The bottom of the secondary crater Vasco da Gama R is traversed by the lunar groove system of the Rimae Vasco da Gama .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama .
Web links
- Vasco da Gama in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Vasco da Gama ) 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 .