Widmannstätten (moon crater)
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| Widmannstätten (bottom middle) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 6.11 ° S , 85.44 ° O | |
| diameter | 53 km | |
| depth | 720 m | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Alois von Beckh-Widmanstätten (1754–1849) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Widmannstätten is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon in the south of Mare Smythii . The crater is flooded by the Laven des Mare and covered in the western part by the Kiess crater .
The crater was officially named in 1973 by the IAU after the Austrian scientist Alois von Beckh-Widmanstätten .
Web links
- Widmannstätten in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Widmannstätten 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 .