The Crater Kinau

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

60.75° S · 14.94° E

Diameter

41.87 km

IAU approval

1935/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-127 · Hommel

Geological Chronicle

Kinau is a small, eroded lunar impact crater that is located in the low southern latitudes of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 41.87 kilometers.

It lies to the southeast of the crater Jacobi, and about equally far to the north-northwest of Pentland. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-127.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Adolph Gottfried; German selenographer (1814-1887).
• Wikipedia (en) — Kinau (crater)

Name Origin

Adolph Gottfried; German selenographer (1814-1887).