Blancanus (moon crater)
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| position | 63.68 ° S , 21.76 ° W | |
| diameter | 106 km | |
| depth | 5970 m | |
| Card sheet | 125 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Giuseppe Biancani (1566-1624) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Blancanus is an impact crater to the south of the front of the moon , southeast of Scheiner crater and southwest of Clavius . The circular crater wall shows terracing inside , the crater floor is flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 64.72 ° S , 22.28 ° W | 6 km | [1] |
| C. | 66.57 ° S , 28.34 ° W | 44 km | [2] |
| D. | 63.21 ° S , 16.72 ° W | 22 km | [3] |
| E. | 66.68 ° S , 21.83 ° W | 31 km | [4] |
| F. | 65.18 ° S , 27.65 ° W | 9 km | [5] |
| G | 63.11 ° S , 25.31 ° W | 10 km | [6] |
| H | 65.59 ° S , 23.73 ° W | 7 km | [7] |
| K | 60.54 ° S , 23.48 ° W | 11 km | [8th] |
| N | 63.23 ° S , 25.99 ° W | 10 km | [9] |
| V | 64.33 ° S , 21.59 ° W | 7 km | [10] |
| W. | 60.94 ° S , 20.48 ° W | 8 kilometers | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian Jesuit and astronomer Giuseppe Biancani .
Web links
- Blancanus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Blancanus 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 .