Gay-Lussac (lunar crater)
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Gay-Lussac is a small lunar impact crater located near the prominent Copernicus crater on the Moon’s near side.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lunar impact crater
ⓘ
lunar surface feature ⓘ |
| age | Eratosthenian or Copernican age (approximate) ⓘ |
| albedo | moderate ⓘ |
| approvedBy | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | lunar craters named after scientists ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn | IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colongitude | 26 ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | selenographic coordinate system ⓘ |
| depth | 2.7 km ⓘ |
| diameter | 25 km ⓘ |
| eponym | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureType | crater ⓘ |
| hasFeature | small central rise or low central peak ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | Gay-Lussac rille system (Rimae Gay-Lussac) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasObservationCondition | best observed when morning or evening terminator is near longitude 19° W ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCrater |
Gay-Lussac A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gay-Lussac B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphere | lunar near side ⓘ |
| interiorFloor | relatively level interior floor ⓘ |
| isImagedBy |
Lunar Orbiter missions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOverlainBy | ejecta from Copernicus (lunar crater) ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mare Insularum region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Copernicus (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Copernicus (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Moon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
near side of the Moon ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn | lunar telescopic observations from Earth ⓘ |
| quadrant | northwestern near side ⓘ |
| rimCondition | worn but relatively well-defined rim ⓘ |
| selenographicLatitude | 10.0° N ⓘ |
| selenographicLongitude | 18.6° W ⓘ |
| surface | heavily cratered lunar highlands terrain ⓘ |
| surfaceGravity | lunar gravity ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Copernicus (lunar crater)