Bürg (moon crater)
Citizen | ||
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Bürg with Lacus Mortis ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 44.99 ° N , 28.2 ° E | |
diameter | 41 km | |
Card sheet | 26 (PDF) | |
Named after | Johann Tobias Bürg (1766-1835) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
The lunar crater Bürg is located in the center of the 150 km large Lacus Mortis in the northeastern part of the front of the moon . It has high terraced walls and a pronounced double central mountain .
Close by on the southern edge of Lacus Mortis are the Crater Plana and the Crater Mason .
To the east of Bürg, the ridge system of the Rimae Bürg runs in a south-westerly direction , which at one point also breaks through the wall edge of Lacus Mortis.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 46.87 ° N , 33.03 ° O | 11 km | [1] |
B. | 42.68 ° N , 23.45 ° E | 6 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Austrian astronomer Johann Tobias Bürg .
Web links
- Bürg in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Citizen on The-Moon Wiki
- Image and data from the crater
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [3]