Globe · Lunar Compendium

Measured / Computed

Franklin

Crater (55.9 km) — Benjamin; American inventor (1706-1790).

Coordinates
38.7288, 47.6397 (positive-east)
Descriptor
Crater
Feature type
Crater, craters
Feature type code
AA
Diameter km
55.920406
Etymology
Benjamin; American inventor (1706-1790).
Iau approval status
Adopted by IAU
Iau approval year
1935
Iau reference
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2014
Clean name
Franklin
Ethnicity
American
Continent
North America
Quad
LAC-27

Primary source