Crater Gaston ( lat. Gaston ) is a small impact crater in the western part of the Sea of Rains on the visible side of the Moon . The name given by the French male name and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1979
| Gaston | |
|---|---|
| lat Gaston | |
 Snapshot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 2 km |
| Deepest | 362 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | French male name. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
Neighborhood crater Gaston. A snapshot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter .
The nearest neighbors of the crater are the small craters Boris and Linda in the southeast and the small crater Delil in the southwest. To the east of the crater is the ledge of Boris and the furrow of Delilia ; in the southeast - the Diophantus furrow [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 2.0 km [2] , depth 0.36 km [3] .
The crater is a lowering area of irregular shape.
Satellite craters
None.
See also
- List of craters on the moon
- Moon crater
- Morphological catalog of craters of the moon
- Planetary Nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the Moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ Crater Gaston on the map LAC39
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ 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 .
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon
- Snapshots of the vicinity of the crater from the board of Apollo 15, Apollo 17
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater
- Photographic map of the vicinity of the crater
- Crater Gaston on the map LM39
- Crater description on The Moon-Wiki
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.