Emden

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Emden

Lat: 63.3°N, Long: 177.3°W, Diam: 111 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside), pre-Nectarian

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Left: Clementine. Right: Color-coded topography LAC 7 image from USGS Digital Atlas.


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(LAC zone 18B2) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


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Emden

Additional Information


Nomenclature

  • Named for Robert Emden (full name: Jacob Robert Emden, 1862-1940), a Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist noted for his contributions to the theory of stars as gas spheres.
  • Emden was in the initial list of farside feature names published by the IAU in Menzel, 1971.


Lettered Craters

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Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon -- a combined image of LAC 7 and LAC 18.

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