The Crater Regnault

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

54.04° N · 87.88° W

Diameter

51.31 km

IAU approval

1935/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-21 · Omar Khayyam

Geological Chronicle

Regnault is a lunar impact crater that is located close to the northwest limb of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 51.31 kilometers.

It lies across the western rim of a walled plain called Volta, with the slightly smaller crater Stokes attached to the southern outer rim. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-21.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Henri Victor; French chemist; physicist (1810-1878).
• Wikipedia (en) — Regnault (crater)

Name Origin

Henri Victor; French chemist; physicist (1810-1878).