Mitra

Mitra

Lat: 18.0°N, Long: 154.7°W, Diam: 92 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

left: Clementine . right: LROC

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Maps

(LAC zone 51C3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description

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Mitra

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Nomenclature

- Sisir Kumar; Indian physicist (1890-1963).
  - On saturday the 13th of june 2009, the investigator of curious moonmaps and lunar nomenclature gazetteers (Danny Caes) discovered the rare name "L'Hospital" (N° 460) in the gazetteer of the Second Complete Moon Map, 1969 of the Sternberg Astronomy Institute. The name "L'Hospital" is, according to this moonmap located at the crater officially known as Mitra A (immediately north of Mitra itself).
  The origin of the name "L'Hospital" is unknown, and needs further investigation.
 
 

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