The Crater Rosseland

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

40.82° S · 130.68° E

Diameter

67.66 km

IAU approval

1994/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-118 · Jules Verne

Geological Chronicle

Rosseland is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. The formation spans an official diameter of 67.66 kilometers.

It lies less than one crater diameter to the northeast of Carver, and about the same distance to the west of the larger Roche. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-118.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — Svein; Norwegian astrophysicist (1894-1985).
• Wikipedia (en) — Rosseland (crater)

Name Origin

Svein; Norwegian astrophysicist (1894-1985).