Feature Profile & Selenographic Data
- Feature type
- crater
- Coordinates
- 4.32° S · 146.38° E
- Diameter
- 40.54 km
- IAU approval
- 1979/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-84 · Dellinger
Geological Chronicle
Tamm is a shallow lunar impact crater. The formation spans an official diameter of 40.54 kilometers.
It is located to the west-northwest of the much larger and more prominent crater Chaplygin. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-84.
Chronology & Exploration
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IAU
Name Adopted
The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.
Scientific Sources & References
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IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
— Igor Yevgenyevich; Soviet physicist, Nobel laureate (1895-1971).
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Wikipedia (en)
— Tamm (crater)
Name Origin
Igor Yevgenyevich; Soviet physicist, Nobel laureate (1895-1971).