Asclepi (moon crater)
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| Asclepi with Hommel K below right ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 55.23 ° S , 25.52 ° E | |
| diameter | 41 km | |
| depth | 1300 m | |
| Card sheet | 127 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Giuseppe Asclepi (1706–1776) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Asclepi is an impact crater in the rugged southern highlands on Earth's moon . The outer edge has been eroded by numerous subsequent impacts and has been worn almost to the level of the surrounding area. As a result, the crater only appears as a depression in the surface. The inside of the crater is almost flat and has no features.
In the vicinity of Asclepi are the craters Hommel in the east, Pitiscus in the northeast and Baco in the northwest. The smaller Tannerus crater lies in a west-southwest direction.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 53.1 ° S , 23 ° E | 13 km | [1] |
| B. | 54.26 ° S , 23.79 ° E | 17 km | [2] |
| C. | 53.54 ° S , 23.44 ° E | 10 km | [3] |
| D. | 53.64 ° S , 24.09 ° O | 18 km | [4] |
| E. | 52.27 ° S , 24.1 ° E | 6 km | [5] |
| G | 53.51 ° S , 24.76 ° O | 5 km | [6] |
| H | 52.8 ° S , 25.18 ° E | 18 km | [7] |
Web links
- Asclepi in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Asclepi on The-Moon Wiki
- Asclepi crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .