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Anders' Earthrise
Crater (40.2 km) — Crater visible in the foreground of the iconic “Earthrise” colour photograph, taken aboard Apollo 8 by W. A. Anders on December 24, 1968, showing the Earth and part of the Moon’s surface. The crater was previously designated Pasteur T.
- Coordinates
- -11.7297, 100.4651 (positive-east)
- Descriptor
- Crater
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Feature type code
- AA
- Diameter km
- 40.151104
- Etymology
- Crater visible in the foreground of the iconic “Earthrise” colour photograph, taken aboard Apollo 8 by W. A. Anders on December 24, 1968, showing the Earth and part of the Moon’s surface. The crater was previously designated Pasteur T.
- Iau approval status
- Adopted by IAU
- Iau approval year
- 2018
- Iau reference
- http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/11867
- Clean name
- Anders Earthrise
- Ethnicity
- United States
- Continent
- North America
- Quad
- LAC-82