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Moissan (crater)

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Short description: Crater on the Moon
Moissan
Moissan crater AS16-M-0064.jpg
Apollo 16 image
Diameter22.45 km[1]

Moissan is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, within the west rim of the large crater Mendeleev, and due south of the similar-sized Bergman.

The crater name was adopted by the IAU in 1976, and refers to French chemist and Nobel laureate Henri Moissan.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Moissan, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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