Bettinus (moon crater)
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| Bettinus ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 63.37 ° S , 45.1 ° W | |
| diameter | 72 km | |
| depth | 3690 m | |
| Card sheet | 125 (PDF) | |
| Type | TYC | |
| Named after | Mario Bettini (1582-1657) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bettinus is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , southeast of Zucchius crater and north of Kircher . The rim of the crater is only slightly eroded, the inner slopes are terraced, the interior is largely flat and has a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 64.88 ° S , 49.11 ° W | 26 km | [1] |
| B. | 63.52 ° S , 51.33 ° W | 25 km | [2] |
| C. | 63.31 ° S , 38.13 ° W | 23 km | [3] |
| D. | 64.97 ° S , 46.69 ° W | 10 km | [4] |
| E. | 63.19 ° S , 42.43 ° W | 8 kilometers | [5] |
| F. | 62.97 ° S , 44.16 ° W | 6 km | [6] |
| G | 61.58 ° S , 44.7 ° W | 10 km | [7] |
| H | 64.58 ° S , 43.88 ° W | 8 kilometers | [8th] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian Jesuit, astronomer and mathematician Mario Bettini .
Web links
- Bettinus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Bettinus 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 .