Catharina (moon crater)
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| Catharina (top right) with Rupes Altai ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 17.97 ° S , 23.52 ° E | |
| diameter | 99 km | |
| depth | 3130 m | |
| Card sheet | 96 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Catherine of Alexandria | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Catharina is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Nectaris , west of Beaumont crater and south of Cyrillus . The crater is heavily eroded and the edge of the crater often superimposed, particularly in the large craters Catharina P .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 20.23 ° S , 22.25 ° E | 13 km | [1] |
| B. | 17.02 ° S , 24.28 ° E | 22 km | [2] |
| C. | 20.36 ° S , 24.28 ° E | 27 km | [3] |
| D. | 16.94 ° S , 21.39 ° E | 8 kilometers | [4] |
| E. | 17.18 ° S , 21.25 ° E | 6 km | [5] |
| F. | 19.55 ° S , 23.03 ° E | 6 km | [6] |
| G | 17.56 ° S , 24.86 ° O | 16 km | [7] |
| H | 19.33 ° S , 25.34 ° E | 5 km | [8th] |
| J | 19.47 ° S , 22.15 ° E | 5 km | [9] |
| K | 20.08 ° S , 23.86 ° E | 7 km | [10] |
| L. | 20.98 ° S , 24.2 ° E | 4 km | [11] |
| M. | 19.29 ° S , 20.73 ° E | 5 km | [12] |
| P | 17.31 ° S , 23.29 ° E | 47 km | [13] |
| S. | 18.92 ° S , 23.33 ° E | 16 km | [14] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after Saint Catherine of Alexandria .
Web links
- Catharina in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Catharina 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 .