Airy (moon crater)
Airy | ||
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Airy with its side craters | ||
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position | 18.16 ° S , 5.58 ° E | |
diameter | 39 km | |
depth | 2410 m | |
Card sheet | 95 (PDF) | |
Named after | George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Airy is an impact crater in the southern plateau of the moon . It is the furthest south in a chain of craters formed by Vogel , Argelander and Airy craters . A little further south is the Donati crater .
Airy has a worn, polygonal edge that has broken open on the north and south sides. Its crater floor is irregularly structured and has a central elevation.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 17.05 ° S , 7.62 ° O | 12 km | [1] |
B. | 17.69 ° S , 8.43 ° O | 27 km | [2] |
C. | 19.24 ° S , 4.74 ° E | 30 km | [3] |
D. | 18.14 ° S , 8.28 ° E | 7 km | [4] |
E. | 20.79 ° S , 7.52 ° E | 38 km | [5] |
F. | 18.22 ° S , 7.22 ° E | 5 km | [6] |
G | 18.71 ° S , 6.94 ° E | 25 km | [7] |
H | 18.75 ° S , 5.65 ° E | 9 km | [8th] |
J | 19.07 ° S , 6.03 ° O | 4 km | [9] |
L. | 20.48 ° S , 7.5 ° E | 6 km | [10] |
M. | 19.17 ° S , 7.52 ° E | 850 m | [11] |
N | 17.87 ° S , 8.14 ° E | 8 kilometers | [12] |
O | 16.77 ° S , 8.31 ° E | 5 km | [13] |
P | 15.91 ° S , 8.31 ° E | 7 km | [14] |
R. | 19.61 ° S , 8.74 ° O | 6 km | [15] |
S. | 17.3 ° S , 9.34 ° E | 5 km | [16] |
T | 19.28 ° S , 9.37 ° E | 37 km | [17] |
V | 17.52 ° S , 9.08 ° E | 4 km | [18] |
X | 18.96 ° S , 10.08 ° E | 4 km | [19] |
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 269
Web links
Commons : Airy - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Airy in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Airy crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"