Gelding (moon crater)
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| position | 4.87 ° N , 32.25 ° E | |
| diameter | 6 km | |
| depth | 1140 m | |
| Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Otto Wallach (1847–1931) | |
| Named since | 1979 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Wallach is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon in the plain of Mare Tranquillitatis , northeast of Maskelyne and south of Sinas .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1979 after the German chemist and Nobel Prize winner Otto Wallach .
Web links
- Gelding in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Gelding 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 .