Wildt (moon crater)

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Wildt (moon equator region)
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position 9.01 °  N , 75.8 °  E Coordinates: 9 ° 0 '36 "  N , 75 ° 48' 0"  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

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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

  • Wilds in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Wilds on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .