Byrgius (moon crater)
| Byrgius | ||
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| Byrgius with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 24.79 ° S , 65.39 ° W | |
| diameter | 84 km | |
| depth | 2130 m | |
| Card sheet | 92 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Jost Bürgi (1552-1632) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Byrgius is an impact crater on the front of the moon , southeast of Darwin crater and northwest of Vieta .
The crater rim is heavily eroded. On the western edge of the crater is the secondary crater Byrgius A , which shows a striking system of rays .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 24.57 ° S , 63.79 ° W | 18 km | [1] |
| B. | 23.88 ° S , 60.96 ° W | 23 km | [2] |
| D. | 24.09 ° S , 67.25 ° W | 27 km | [3] |
| E. | 23.49 ° S , 66.34 ° W | 17 km | [4] |
| H | 23.76 ° S , 62.6 ° W | 21 km | [5] |
| K | 23.02 ° S , 61.93 ° W | 15 km | [6] |
| N | 22.41 ° S , 63.12 ° W | 23 km | [7] |
| P | 22.52 ° S , 64.18 ° W | 19 km | [8th] |
| R. | 26.5 ° S , 60.83 ° W | 7 km | [9] |
| S. | 26.06 ° S , 61.77 ° W | 46 km | [10] |
| T | 25.08 ° S , 61.59 ° W | 5 km | [11] |
| U | 25.88 ° S , 67.3 ° W | 10 km | [12] |
| V | 26.09 ° S , 67.89 ° W | 9 km | [13] |
| W. | 26.12 ° S , 68.64 ° W | 14 km | [14] |
| X | 25.76 ° S , 65.53 ° W | 6 km | [15] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Swiss watchmaker and astronomer Jost Bürgi .
Web links
- Byrgius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Byrgius on The-Moon Wiki
- Photo of Byrgius from the Lunar Orbiter IV
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .