Arnold (moon crater)

Arnold

Arnold with side craters (north above; LROC -WAC)

position

67.02 ° N , 35.82 ° O coordinates: 67 ° 1 '12 " N , 35 ° 49' 12" O

diameter

93 km

depth

950 m

Card sheet

4 (PDF)

Named after

Christoph Arnold (1650–1695)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

93.13

Arnold is an impact crater on the northeastern edge of the moon's front . It is east of Neison , south of Baillaud and north of Democritus . The crater wall is heavily eroded and leveled in the southwest, the interior of the crater is flat and without a central mountain .

List of Arnold's minor craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	68.77 ° N , 39.6 ° OMoon 68.77 39.6	55 km	[1]
E.	71.48 ° N , 38.05 ° OMoon 71.48 38.05	31 km	[2]
F.	67.53 ° N , 35.11 ° OMoon 67.53 November 35	10 km	[3]
G	67.36 ° N , 31.41 ° OMoon 67.36 31.41	11 km	[4]
H	72.58 ° N , 44.88 ° OMoon 72.58 44.88	13 km	[5]
J	65.87 ° N , 33.75 ° OMoon 65.87 33.75	6 km	[6]
K	70.69 ° N , 42.26 ° OMoon 70.69 42.26	30 km	[7]
L.	70 ° N , 35.77 ° OMoon 70 35.77	35 km	[8th]
M.	68.28 ° N , 43.55 ° OMoon 68.28 43.55	7 km	[9]
N	70.15 ° N , 41.53 ° EMoon 70.15 41.53	19 km	[10]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Christoph Arnold . Originally the name was given by Schroeter .

Web links

Arnold in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Arnold on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

^ Ewen A. Whitaker: Mapping and Naming the Moon. A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2003, ISBN 0-521-54414-9 , p. 218.

Location of Arnold on the edge of the moon

[1] Ewen A. Whitaker: Mapping and Naming the Moon. A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2003, ISBN 0-521-54414-9 , p. 218.