Winthrop (moon crater)
| Winthrop | ||
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| Winthrop and Letronne ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 10.78 ° S , 44.46 ° W | |
| diameter | 17 km | |
| depth | 380 m | |
| Card sheet | 75 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John Winthrop (1714–1779) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Winthrop is a ghost crater on the western front of the moon on the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum , on the western wall of the destroyed Letronne crater .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the American astronomer John Winthrop .
Web links
- Winthrop in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Winthrop 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 .