Ørsted (crater on the Moon)

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Ørsted is a lunar impact crater named in honor of Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, located near the Moon’s northern limb.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lunar impact crater
belongsTo lunar nomenclature system
eponym Hans Christian Ørsted
featureType IAU lunar crater
hasCoordinateSystem selenographic coordinates
hasFeature eroded walls
worn rim
hasInterior few small craterlets
relatively level floor
hasObservation imaged by Clementine mission
imaged by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
photographed by Lunar Orbiter missions
hasOfficialName Ørsted A
surface form: Ørsted
hasSatelliteCrater Ørsted A
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hasShape roughly circular
honors Hans Christian Ørsted
surface form: Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted
isVisibleFrom Earth
languageOfName Danish
locatedIn lunar near side
locatedNear Moon’s northern limb
locatedOn Moon
namedAfter Hans Christian Ørsted
namedBy International Astronomical Union
surfaceType lunar highlands
visibility foreshortened due to limb location

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Hans Christian Ørsted hasHonorificName Ørsted (crater on the Moon)