Watts (moon crater)

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Watts
Watts (moon equatorial region)
Watts
position 8.83 °  N , 46.3 °  E Coordinates: 8 ° 49 '48 "  N , 46 ° 18' 0"  E
diameter 16 km
depth 970 m
Card sheet 61 (PDF)
Named after Chester Burleigh Watts (1889-1971)
Named since 1973
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Watts is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the eastern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis , east of the da Vinci crater . The rim of the crater is irregular and the interior is flooded with lava.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1973 after the American astronomer Chester Burleigh Watts .

Web links

  • Watts in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Watts on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .