Yangel '
Yangel ' | ||
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Craters Yangel 'and Conon ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 16.94 ° N , 4.68 ° E | |
diameter | 8 kilometers | |
depth | 600 m | |
Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
Named after | Michail Kuzmitsch Jangel (1911–1971). | |
Named since | 1973 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Yangel ' is an impact crater on the front of the moon , between Mare Vaporum and Lacus Felicitatis , southeast of the Conon crater .
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1973 after the Russian rocket engineer Mikhail Kuzmich Jangel .
Web links
- Yangel ' in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Yangel ' 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 .