D'Arsonval (crater)
D'Arsonval is a small lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is situated across the northeastern rim of the older and larger crater Danjon. To the west of D'Arsonval is Perepelkin.
Oblique Apollo 17 Mapping Camera image of Danjon crater (larger) and D'Arsonval crater (below center), facing south | |
| Coordinates | 10.31°S 124.59°E |
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| Diameter | 30.36 km (18.86 mi) |
| Depth | 4.0 km (2.5 mi) |
| Colongitude | 236° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Jacques A. d'Arsonval |
The rim of D'Arsonval is somewhat worn and it has a low, elongated central ridge near the midpoint. The rim forms a saddle depression where it is joined with Danjon to the southwest. There is a cleft in the lunar surface beginning just to the east of the outer rim and running northward.
The crater was named after French physicist Jacques A. d'Arsonval by the IAU in 1976.
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