The Crater Lents (Lenz)

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

2.72° N · 102.30° W

Diameter

21.98 km

IAU approval

1970/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-72 · Nobel

Geological Chronicle

Lents is a small lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 21.98 kilometers.

It is located within the north-northwestern section of the immense skirt of ejecta that surrounds the Mare Orientale impact basin. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-72.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Heinrich Friedrich Emil; Russian physicist (1804-1865).
• Wikipedia (en) — Lents (crater)

Name Origin

Heinrich Friedrich Emil; Russian physicist (1804-1865).