Apollonius (moon crater)
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| Apollonius and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 4.58 ° N , 60.86 ° E | |
| diameter | 51 km | |
| depth | 2750 m | |
| Card sheet | 62 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Apollonios of Perge | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Apollonius is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , northeast of Sinus Successus and northwest of Mare Spumans , southwest of the crater Firmicus . The crater rim is heavily eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 4.83 ° N , 56.83 ° O | 25 km | [1] |
| B. | 5.86 ° N , 57.64 ° O | 31 km | [2] |
| E. | 4.43 ° N , 61.77 ° O | 17 km | [3] |
| F. | 5.65 ° N , 59.85 ° E | 15 km | [4] |
| H | 3.45 ° N , 59.49 ° E | 19 km | [5] |
| J | 4.58 ° N , 57.53 ° E | 10 km | [6] |
| L. | 6.42 ° N , 54.52 ° O | 10 km | [7] |
| M. | 4.84 ° N , 61.69 ° O | 10 km | [8th] |
| N | 4.79 ° N , 63.71 ° O | 11 km | [9] |
| S. | 1.25 ° N , 62.58 ° O | 16 km | [10] |
| U | 4.93 ° N , 59.8 ° E | 6 km | [11] |
| V | 4.42 ° N , 58.19 ° O | 15 km | [12] |
| X | 6.87 ° N , 58.19 ° O | 29 km | [13] |
| Y | 4.96 ° N , 62.55 ° O | 9 km | [14] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek mathematician Apollonios von Perge .
Web links
- Apollonius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Apollonius 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 .