Berosus (moon crater)
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| Berosus and Hahn ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 33.42 ° N , 69.93 ° O | |
| diameter | 75 km | |
| depth | 4500 m | |
| Card sheet | 28 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Berossos | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Berosus is an impact crater on the northeastern edge of the lunar front . It is located northwest of Hahn crater and west of Gauss . The crater wall is terraced. The inside is flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 33.11 ° N , 68.03 ° O | 11 km | [1] |
| F. | 34 ° N , 66.48 ° E | 22 km | [2] |
| K | 32.17 ° N , 70.86 ° O | 8 kilometers | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Babylonian astronomer Berossos .
Web links
- Berosus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Berosus 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 .