Barkla

(formerly Langrenus A)

Lat: 10.7°S, Long: 67.2°E, Diam: 42 km, Depth: 2.91 km, Rükl: 49

LO-IV-184H Barkla is in the center with 17-km diameter Langrenus M in the upper right.; LRO WAC mosaic

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Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 2.91 km
The shadows in LO-IV-184H give a depth of about 3000 m. The central peak is a little over 900 m tall. - Jim Mosher

Named for Charles Glover Barkla (1877-1944), a British physicist and Nobel laureate.
This replacement name for a formerly lettered crater was introduced on LTO-80C2 (for which it served as the chart title).