Jansky

Lat: 8.5°N, Long: 89.5°E, Diam: 72 km, Depth: 6.18 km, Rükl: 38

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Depth data from Kurt Fisher database

Karl Guthe Jansky (October 22, 1905 – February 14, 1950), was an American physicist and radio engineer who in August 1931 first discovered radio waves emanating from the Milky Way. He is considered one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.
Name given by Arthur and Whitaker in Rectified Lunar Atlas (1963) and approved by IAU in 1964 (Whitaker, 1999, p234).
Not to be confused with Ganskiy (aka Hansky).