Ariadaeus (moon crater)

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Ariadaeus
Lamont - LROC - WAC.JPG
Ariadaeus (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Ariadaeus (moon equatorial region)
Ariadaeus
position 4.53 °  N , 17.26 °  E Coordinates: 4 ° 31 '48 "  N , 17 ° 15' 36"  E
diameter 10 km
depth 1830 m
Card sheet 60 (PDF)
Named after Philip III Arrhidaios
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Ariadaeus is an impact crater on the front of the moon at the western edge of Mare Tranquillitatis , north of Dionysius and at the eastern end of the lunar groove Rima Ariadaeus . The crater is bowl-shaped and hardly eroded.

List of minor craters of Ariadaeus
Letter position diameter link
A. 4.63 °  N , 17.49 °  E 8 kilometers [1]
B. 4.88 °  N , 15.05 °  E 8 kilometers [2]
D. 4.86 °  N , 17.01 °  O 4 km [3]
E. 5.3 °  N , 17.64 °  O 22 km [4]
F. 4.32 °  N , 18 °  E 3 km [5]

The crater was created in 1935 by the IAU after the Macedonian King Philip III. Arrhidaios officially named.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .