Vega (moon crater)
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| Vega ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 45.43 ° S , 63.2 ° E | |
| diameter | 74 km | |
| Card sheet | 115 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Georg von Vega (1754–1802) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Vega is an impact crater on the southeastern edge of the lunar front , southeast of Furnerius crater and west of Oken . The crater is heavily eroded and the edge is superimposed several times by secondary craters.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 47.27 ° S , 65.13 ° O | 12 km | [1] |
| B. | 46.24 ° S , 63.56 ° O | 28 km | [2] |
| C. | 45.27 ° S , 64.69 ° O | 20 km | [3] |
| D. | 44.91 ° S , 64.44 ° O | 25 km | [4] |
| G | 44.44 ° S , 62.43 ° O | 12 km | [5] |
| H | 44.59 ° S , 60.26 ° O | 6 km | [6] |
| J | 45.58 ° S , 60.03 ° O | 19 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Slovenian mathematician Georg von Vega .