Von Kármán (lunar crater)
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This article is about the crater on the Moon. For the Martian crater, see Von Kármán (Martian crater).
Von Kármán is a large lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The crater is about 186 km (116 mi) in diameter and lies within an immense impact crater known as the South Pole–Aitken basin of roughly 2,500 km (1,600 mi) in diameter and 13 km (8.1 mi) deep.[1] Von Kármán is the site of the first soft-landing on the lunar far side by the Chinese Chang'e 4 spacecraft on 3 January 2019.
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Coordinates | 44.45°S 176.25°E / -44.45; 176.25 |
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Diameter | 186.35 km |
Depth | 13 km |
Colongitude | 188° at sunrise |
Eponym | Theodore von Kármán |
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