Young (moon crater)
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| position | 41.54 ° S , 50.98 ° E | |
| diameter | 71 km | |
| depth | 2000 m | |
| Card sheet | 114 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Thomas Young (1773-1829) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Young is an impact crater in the southern near side of the moon , to the east of the crater Fabricius and Rheita from the history of the moon valley Vallis Rheita located following in a southeasterly direction. The crater is badly eroded. The south-western part crosses the Vallis Rheita.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 41.17 ° S , 51.15 ° O | 11 km | [1] |
| B. | 41.02 ° S , 50.72 ° E | 8 kilometers | [2] |
| C. | 41.55 ° S , 48.23 ° E | 30 km | [3] |
| D. | 43.51 ° S , 51.7 ° E | 45 km | [4] |
| F. | 44.87 ° S , 51.64 ° E | 20 km | [5] |
| R. | 42.46 ° S , 55.36 ° E | 9 km | [6] |
| S. | 43.39 ° S , 53.88 ° O | 10 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English physicist Thomas Young .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .