Wegener (moon crater)

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Wegener
Wegener (Moon North Pole Region)
Wegener
position 45.08 °  N , 114.01 °  W Coordinates: 45 ° 4 '48 "  N , 114 ° 0' 36"  W.
diameter 97 km
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Named after Alfred Wegener (1880–1930)
Named since 1970
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Wegener is a moon crater on the back of the moon . It was named in 1970 after the German meteorologist and geoscientist Alfred Wegener .

List of Wegener's minor craters
Letter position diameter link
K 43.17 °  N , 112.25 °  W 31 km [1]
W. 47.17 °  N , 116.5 °  W 52 km [2]

Web links

  • Wegener in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Wegener Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon (English)