Agatharchides (moon crater)
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| Agatharchides ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 19.85 ° S , 31.11 ° W | |
| diameter | 52 km | |
| depth | 1180 m | |
| Card sheet | 93 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Agatharchides | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Agatharchides is an impact crater in the southwest of the lunar front on the northeastern edge of the Mare Humorum , east of the Gassendi crater and north of Hippalus . The rim of the crater is irregularly shaped and severely eroded, the interior is largely flat.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek geographer Agatharchides .
Through the center of the secondary crater Agatharchides P passing moon groove rima Agatharchides .
Agatharchides with its secondary craters and the lunar groove Rima Agatharchides in the crater Agatharchides P
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 23.29 ° S , 28.52 ° W | 16 km | [1] |
| B. | 21.54 ° S , 31.76 ° W | 7 km | [2] |
| C. | 22.07 ° S , 32.98 ° W | 11 km | [3] |
| E. | 20.74 ° S , 33.17 ° W | 15 km | [4] |
| F. | 20.26 ° S , 31.9 ° W | 6 km | [5] |
| G | 20.17 ° S , 26.89 ° W | 6 km | [6] |
| H | 20.42 ° S , 33.92 ° W | 16 km | [7] |
| J | 21.63 ° S , 32.65 ° W | 13 km | [8th] |
| K | 21.02 ° S , 27.58 ° W | 13 km | [9] |
| L. | 21.13 ° S , 26.84 ° W | 8 kilometers | [10] |
| N | 21.1 ° S , 29.74 ° W | 22 km | [11] |
| O | 19.24 ° S , 26.77 ° W | 5 km | [12] |
| P | 20.29 ° S , 28.85 ° W | 66 km | [13] |
| R. | 18.36 ° S , 30.9 ° W | 5 km | [14] |
| S. | 17.76 ° S , 30.62 ° W | 3 km | [15] |
| T | 18.33 ° S , 27.87 ° W | 6 km | [16] |
Web links
- Agatharchides in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Agatharchides on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .