Eötvös

Eötvös

Lat: 35.5°S, Long: 133.8°E, Diam: 99 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

Left: Clementine image from Map-A-Planet. Right: Color-coded topography LAC 118 image from USGS Digital Atlas.

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Maps

(LAC zone 118A1) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description

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Eötvös

Additional Information

• Slightly northwest of Eotvos, near Lampland K and Lampland M, an unnamed valley is visible on the Hi-Res scan of Lunar Orbiter 3's Frame 121. Research: Danny Caes

Nomenclature

• Named for Lóránt von Eötvös (1848-1919), a Hungarian physicist.
• This name was introduced into the IAU nomenclature in the farside list of Menzel, 1971.

Lettered Craters

Excerpt from the //USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.

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