Foucault crater on the Moon
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Foucault crater on the Moon is a small lunar impact crater named in honor of French physicist Léon Foucault, located near the Moon’s southwestern limb.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foucault (lunar crater) | 0 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | lunar impact crater ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
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NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featureType | crater ⓘ |
| governingBodyForName | International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColongitude | 83 ⓘ |
| hasDiameter | 23 kilometers ⓘ |
| hasEponym | Léon Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInteriorFloor | relatively level ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatus | approved lunar feature name ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | impact event ⓘ |
| hasRimCondition | worn ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteCraters |
Foucault A
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Foucault B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSelenographicCoordinateSystem | selenographic ⓘ |
| hasShape | roughly circular ⓘ |
| isNear |
Inghirami (lunar crater)
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Nasmith (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ Schickard (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wargentin (lunar crater) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | southwestern limb of the Moon ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Léon Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observabilityFromEarth | foreshortened due to limb location ⓘ |
| surfaceType | lunar highlands ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.