Breislak (moon crater)
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| Breislak (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 48.33 ° S , 18.31 ° E | |
| diameter | 49 km | |
| depth | 3520 m | |
| Card sheet | 127 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Scipione Breislak (1748–1826) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Breislak is an impact crater south of the lunar front , south of Barocius crater and north of Baco . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 47.04 ° S , 17.31 ° E | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 47.74 ° S , 18.18 ° O | 7 km | [2] |
| C. | 48.98 ° S , 18.84 ° O | 6 km | [3] |
| D. | 48.11 ° S , 18.63 ° O | 4 km | [4] |
| E. | 47.91 ° S , 19.03 ° O | 8 kilometers | [5] |
| F. | 48.54 ° S , 19.4 ° E | 6 km | [6] |
| G | 47.05 ° S , 19.21 ° E | 16 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian geologist Scipione Breislak .
Web links
- Breislak in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Breislak 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 .