Delporte (crater)

Delporte is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It overlies part of the northwestern rim of the huge walled plain Fermi, and the crater Litke is nearly attached to the southeastern rim.

Delporte

Crater Delporte as seen by the mapping camera of Apollo 15
Coordinates	15.89°S 121.55°E / -15.89; 121.55
Diameter	42.5 km (26.4 mi)
Depth	4.0 km (2.5 mi)[1][2]
Colongitude	240° at sunrise
Eponym	Eugène Delporte

Oblique view from Apollo 17 Panoramic Camera

The rim of this crater is only marginally worn, although it is not quite circular and the edge is somewhat uneven. There is a shelf running along the northern inner wall. At the midpoint is a central ridge that extends to the northward.

The crater was named after Belgian astronomer Eugène Joseph Delporte by the IAU in 1970.^[3]

See also

• 1274 Delportia, minor planet