Autolycus (moon crater)
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| Autolycus with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 30.68 ° N , 1.49 ° E | |
| diameter | 39 km | |
| depth | 3430 m | |
| Card sheet | 41 (PDF) | |
| Type | TRI | |
| Named after | Autolycus of Pitane (around 310 BC) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Autolycus is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the edge of the Mare Serenitatis , between the crater Archimedes in the west and Aristillus in the north. The rim of the crater is irregular and partially eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 30.91 ° N , 2.17 ° O | 4 km | [1] |
| K | 31.21 ° N , 5.42 ° E | 3 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astronomer and mathematician Autolykos von Pitane .
Web links
- Autolycus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Autolycus 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 .