Berzelius (moon crater)
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| position | 36.6 ° N , 51 ° E | |
| diameter | 51 km | |
| depth | 2990 m | |
| Card sheet | 27 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Berzelius is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , southeast of the Cepheus crater and northwest of the large Geminus crater . The walls are relatively badly eroded. The crater floor is largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 36.71 ° N , 48.84 ° E | 9 km | [1] |
| B. | 32.29 ° N , 43.1 ° E | 26 km | [2] |
| F. | 32.81 ° N , 45.99 ° E | 12 km | [3] |
| K | 35.54 ° N , 47 ° O | 6 km | [4] |
| T | 36.22 ° N , 47.94 ° E | 9 km | [5] |
| W. | 38.13 ° N , 53.11 ° O | 6 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Swedish physician and chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius .
Berzelius with neighborhood ( LROC -WAC)
Web links
- Berzelius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Berzelius 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 .