IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Van der Waals
Van der Waals is an officially adopted crater, craters on the Moon. Explore its selenographic position and surrounding terrain in 3D.
Feature Profile
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Coordinates
- 43.56° S · 119.98° E
- Diameter
- 113.36642 km
- IAU approval
- 1970/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-117 · Milne
Name origin
Johannes Diderik; Dutch physicist; Nobel laureate (1837-1923).