Whewell (moon crater)
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| position | 4.14 ° N , 13.72 ° E | |
| diameter | 13 km | |
| depth | 2270 m | |
| Card sheet | 60 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William Whewell (1794–1866) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Whewell is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Tranquillitatis , between Agrippa craters in the west and Cayley in the east. The crater is bowl-shaped with a small flat bottom part and hardly eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 4.69 ° N , 14.11 ° E | 4 km | [1] |
| B. | 4.98 ° N , 14.46 ° E | 3 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British philosopher William Whewell .
Web links
- Whewell in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Whewell 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 .