Boussingault
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Boussingault
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Lat: 70.2°S, Long: 54.6°E, Diam: 142 km, Depth: 5.64 km, Rükl: 75 |
Images
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Maps
(LAC zone 138B3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF
Description
Description: Wikipedia
Additional Information
Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
- Westfall, 2000: 5.64 km
- Viscardy, 1985: 3.2 km
- Cherrington, 1969: 2.89 km
- Satellite crater Boussingault D is on the ALPO list of banded craters
- Boussingault is an eye-catcher on the fantastic 7-meter diameter moonglobe created by artist Luke Jerram (MUSEUM OF THE MOON). I wonder how many of the perplexed art-lovers and occasional visitors (and also astronomers and scientists) could recognize this crater and its name without looking at a lunar atlas...- DannyCaes Feb 1, 2018
Nomenclature
Jean Baptiste Dieudonne; French chemist (1802-1887).
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 192, 193.
