Wexler (moon crater)
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Wexler (image of the Clementine probe ) | ||
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position | 68.92 ° S , 90.59 ° O | |
diameter | 52 km | |
depth | 4630 m | |
Card sheet | 139 (PDF) | |
Named after | Harry Wexler (1911-1962) | |
Named since | 1970 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Wexler is an impact crater in the extreme southeast of the lunar front , south of Petrov crater and north of Hale . The crater is badly eroded. The interior has a small central mountain .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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E. | 68.65 ° S , 95.92 ° O | 22 km | [1] |
H | 70.42 ° S , 97.05 ° O | 14 km | [2] |
U | 68.31 ° S , 82.32 ° O | 50 km | [3] |
V | 67.98 ° S , 84.07 ° O | 21 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the American meteorologist Harry Wexler .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .