Wildt (moon crater)
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position | 9.01 ° N , 75.8 ° E | |
diameter | 12 km | |
depth | 2870 m | |
Card sheet | 63 (PDF) | |
Type | BIO | |
Named after | Rupert Wildt (1905–1976) | |
Named since | 1979 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Wildt is an impact crater on the far eastern edge of the Moon's front , southeast of Hansen crater and east of Mare Undarum . The crater is bowl-shaped with a flat bottom segment.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1979 after the American astronomer Rupert Wildt .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .