The Crater Bingham

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

8.02° N · 115.05° E

Diameter

34.99 km

IAU approval

1976/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-65 · Ostwald

Geological Chronicle

Bingham is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, relative to the Earth. The formation spans an official diameter of 34.99 kilometers.

It lies just to the southeast of the much larger crater Lobachevskiy, and the northwestern part of the rim of Bingham is partly overlaid by ejecta from Lobachevsky. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-65.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Hiram; American explorer (1875-1956).
• Wikipedia (en) — Bingham (crater)

Name Origin

Hiram; American explorer (1875-1956).