Capella (moon crater)
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| Capella (right) and Isidorus (center) (photo Apollo 16 ) | ||
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| position | 7.64 ° S , 34.9 ° E | |
| diameter | 48 km | |
| depth | 3500 m | |
| Card sheet | 79 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Martianus Capella | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Capella is an impact crater on the front of the moon north of Mare Nectaris , immediately east of Isidorus crater , the eastern wall of which is covered by Capella, and northwest of Gaudibert . The crater is very badly eroded, the interior is uneven and has a central mountain .
The lunar valley of the Vallis Capella runs in a north-westerly and south-easterly direction, the central part of which was overlaid by Capella.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 7.7 ° S , 37.16 ° O | 12 km | [1] |
| B. | 9.5 ° S , 36.85 ° E | 8 kilometers | [2] |
| C. | 5.78 ° S , 36.36 ° O | 9 km | [3] |
| D. | 6.81 ° S , 37.51 ° O | 8 kilometers | [4] |
| E. | 7.56 ° S , 37.67 ° E | 14 km | [5] |
| F. | 9.23 ° S , 35.41 ° E | 14 km | [6] |
| G | 6.87 ° S , 36.89 ° O | 11 km | [7] |
| H | 8.19 ° S , 37.35 ° O | 9 km | [8th] |
| J | 9.5 ° S , 36.01 ° O | 9 km | [9] |
| M. | 4.47 ° S , 36.92 ° O | 12 km | [10] |
| R. | 6.07 ° S , 35.19 ° E | 7 km | [11] |
| T | 6.95 ° S , 34.17 ° O | 6 km | [12] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the late ancient Roman encyclopaedist Martianus Capella .
Web links
- Capella in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Capella 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 .