Burckhardt (moon crater)
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| position | 31.07 ° N , 56.35 ° E | |
| diameter | 56 km | |
| depth | 5920 m | |
| Card sheet | 44 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Johann Karl Burckhardt (1773-1825) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Burckhardt is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , north of the Mare Crisium , between the craters Geminus in the north and Cleomedes in the south. The crater rim is moderately eroded. The interior has a central mountain.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 30.34 ° N , 58.47 ° O | 35 km | [1] |
| B. | 29.93 ° N , 60.18 ° O | 11 km | [2] |
| C. | 31.58 ° N , 59 ° E | 6 km | [3] |
| E. | 30.56 ° N , 55.49 ° E | 37 km | [4] |
| F. | 31.35 ° N , 57.11 ° E | 45 km | [5] |
| G | 32.02 ° N , 57.48 ° O | 8 kilometers | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Johann Karl Burckhardt .
Web links
- Burckhardt in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Burckhardt 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 .