The Crater Landsteiner

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

31.30° N · 14.79° W

Diameter

6.11 km

IAU approval

1976/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-40 · Timocharis

Geological Chronicle

Landsteiner is a tiny, bowl-shaped lunar impact crater in the central Mare Imbrium. The formation spans an official diameter of 6.11 kilometers.

It was named after Austrian-American pathologist and Nobel laureate Karl Landsteiner. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-40.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Karl; Austrian-American pathologist; Nobel laureate (1868-1943).
• Wikipedia (en) — Landsteiner (crater)

Name Origin

Karl; Austrian-American pathologist; Nobel laureate (1868-1943).