The Crater Debus

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

10.68° S · 99.68° E

Diameter

19.77 km

IAU approval

2000/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-82 · Pasteur

Geological Chronicle

Debus is a small lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, past the eastern limb. The formation spans an official diameter of 19.77 kilometers.

It lies to the east-southeast of the crater Ganskiy, and just to the west of a huge walled plain named Pasteur. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-82.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Kurt Heinrich; German physicist (1908-1983).
• Wikipedia (en) — Debus (crater)

Name Origin

Kurt Heinrich; German physicist (1908-1983).