W. Bond (moon crater)
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| W. Bond with side craters (north above; LROC- WAC) | ||
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| position | 65.21 ° N , 3.89 ° E | |
| diameter | 156 km | |
| depth | 1890 m | |
| Card sheet | 3 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William Cranch Bond (1789-1859) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
W. Bond is an impact crater on the Moon to the north of the Moon's front . It lies between Epigenes in the northwest and Timaeus on the southwestern edge. The edge of the wide crater plane is heavily leveled and broken through several times.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 65 ° N , 7.48 ° E | 15 km | [1] |
| C. | 65.66 ° N , 8.24 ° E | 7 km | [2] |
| D. | 63.57 ° N , 3.2 ° E | 7 km | [3] |
| E. | 63.85 ° N , 9.09 ° E | 25 km | [4] |
| F. | 64.43 ° N , 9.45 ° E | 9 km | [5] |
| G | 63.05 ° N , 6.83 ° E | 4 km | [6] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1935 after the American astronomer William Cranch Bond .
