Krafft (moon crater)
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Krafft and Cardanus ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 16.55 ° N , 72.69 ° W | |
diameter | 51 km | |
depth | 3520 m | |
Card sheet | 37 (PDF) | |
Type | TYC | |
Named after | Wolfgang Ludwig Krafft (1743–1814) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Krafft is an impact crater on the northwestern edge of the moon front . It lies north of the Cardanus crater on the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum . The elongated structure of the Catena Krafft , known as the chain of craters ( Catena ), runs between Krafft and Cardanus . The crater wall has terracing and is moderately eroded. The interior is relatively flat , except for the secondary crater Krafft C.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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C. | 16.34 ° N , 72.45 ° W | 13 km | [1] |
D. | 15.09 ° N , 73.35 ° W | 12 km | [2] |
E. | 15.9 ° N , 71.78 ° W | 10 km | [3] |
H | 16.89 ° N , 77.88 ° W | 15 km | [4] |
K | 16.48 ° N , 74.64 ° W | 12 km | [5] |
L. | 15.98 ° N , 76.46 ° W | 20 km | [6] |
M. | 17.77 ° N , 75.56 ° W | 11 km | [7] |
U | 17.22 ° N , 64.74 ° W | 3 km | [8th] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German-Russian astronomer Wolfgang Ludwig Krafft .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .