Dollond (crater)

Dollond
Apollo 16 image
Coordinates 10°24′S 14°24′E / 10.4°S 14.4°E / -10.4; 14.4Coordinates: 10°24′S 14°24′E / 10.4°S 14.4°E / -10.4; 14.4
Diameter 11 km
Depth 1.6 km
Colongitude 346° at sunrise
Eponym John Dollond

Dollond is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the central region of the Moon, to the north of the crater Abulfeda. Due west of Dollond is Anděl. Dollond is circular and cone shaped, with a tiny floor at the midpoint of the sloping interior walls.

About 50 kilometers to the northeast of this crater was the landing site of the Apollo 16 mission, the next-to-last of the Apollo expeditions to the Moon.

The name of the crater was officially recognized by the IAU in 1935.[1]

Satellite craters

Dollond crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Dollond.

Dollond Latitude Longitude Diameter
B 7.7° S 13.8° E 37 km
D 8.2° S 12.5° E 9 km
E 10.2° S 15.7° E 6 km
L 8.7° S 12.5° E 5 km
M 10.1° S 16.9° E 6 km
T 9.4° S 15.0° E 3 km
U 7.3° S 16.0° E 3 km
V 7.9° S 15.5° E 6 km
W 6.7° S 14.6° E 11 km
Y 8.4° S 13.2° E 14 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

Dollond T is the closest named feature to the Apollo 16 landing site, other than the features that were named by the astronauts (such as North Ray and South Ray craters).[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Dollond, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
  2. ↑ LAC-78, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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