Webb (moon crater)
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Webb ( Lunar Orbiter I) | ||
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position | 0.98 ° S , 59.99 ° E | |
diameter | 22 km | |
depth | 1850 m | |
Card sheet | 80 (PDF) | |
Named after | Thomas William Webb (1807-1885) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Webb is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the eastern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis , north of Langrenus crater and south of Apollonius . The rim of the crater is irregularly shaped and the interior is largely flat.
Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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B. | 0.86 ° S , 58.37 ° E | 7 km | [1] | |
C. | 0.15 ° N , 63.85 ° O | 34 km | [2] | |
D. | 2.37 ° S , 57.52 ° O | 7 km | [3] | |
E. | 0.93 ° N , 61.05 ° O | 7 km | [4] | |
F. | 1.45 ° N , 61 ° E | 11 km | [5] | |
G | 1.65 ° N , 61.2 ° E | 9 km | [6] | |
H | 2.11 ° S , 59.42 ° E | 8 kilometers | [7] | |
J | 0.6 ° S , 63.99 ° O | 26 km | [8th] | |
K | 0.85 ° S , 62.94 ° O | 19 km | [9] | |
L. | 0.13 ° N , 62.74 ° O | 6 km | [10] | |
M. | 0.28 ° S , 63.81 ° O | 6 km | [11] | |
N | 0.33 ° S , 63.62 ° O | 6 km | [12] | |
P | 2.38 ° N , 57.69 ° E | 38 km | [13] | |
Q | 1.16 ° S , 61.24 ° E | 4 km | [14] | |
R. | Renamed Condon | |||
U | 1.83 ° N , 56.22 ° O | 6 km | [15] | |
W. | 3.01 ° N , 58.1 ° E | 9 km | [16] | |
X | 3.22 ° N , 58.22 ° E | 8 kilometers | [17] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British astronomer Thomas William Webb .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .