Crater Blanchard ( Latin Blanchard ) - impact crater on the far side of the moon . The name is given in honor of the French inventor , pioneer of aviation and aeronautics , Jean-Pierre Francois Blanchard (1753-1809) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1991.
| Blanchard | |
|---|---|
| lat Blanchard | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 37.5 km |
| Deepest | 2193 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Jean-Pierre Francois Blanchard (1753-1809) - French inventor, pioneer of aviation and aeronautics. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the crater are the crater De Roi in the northwest; Arrhenius Crater in the north-northeast; Pilatra crater in the southeast and Chappi crater in the south-southeast [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 37.5 km [2] , depth 2.2 km [3] .
The crater has an elliptical shape oriented in the south-west - north-east direction. The crater shaft is substantially destroyed and smoothed, in places it has gaps. The height of the shaft above the surrounding area is 1030 m [3] , the volume of the crater is approximately 1200 km³ [3] . The bottom of the crater bowl is uneven, with no central peak.
Before receiving its own name in 1991, the crater was designated Arrhenius P (in the designation of the so-called satellite craters located in the vicinity of a crater with its own name).
Satellite Craters
Are absent.
See also
- List of Craters on the Moon
- Lunar crater
- Morphological catalog of Moon Craters
- Planetary nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ Blanchard Crater on LAC-135 map.
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ 1 2 3 Lunar Impact Crater Database . Losiak A., Kohout T., O'Sulllivan K., Thaisen K., Weider S. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Lunar Exploration Intern Program, 2009); updated by Öhman T. in 2011. Archived page .