Cavalerius (moon crater)
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| Cavalerius and Hevelius ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 5.08 ° N , 66.9 ° W | |
| diameter | 59 km | |
| depth | 3600 m | |
| Card sheet | 56 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598–1647) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Cavalerius is an impact crater on the western edge of the front of the moon , which is why it appears strongly distorted from Earth. It lies on the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum , north of the Hevelius crater . The edge is irregular and somewhat eroded, the inner wall has terracing . The Massif Central is divided into three parts.
To the northeast is the Planitia Descensus ("Landing Level"), the state office of the Soviet Luna 9 space probe .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 4.48 ° N , 69.67 ° W | 14 km | [1] |
| B. | 5.95 ° N , 71.13 ° W | 40 km | [2] |
| C. | 5.83 ° N , 69.29 ° W | 8 kilometers | [3] |
| D. | 8.66 ° N , 68.45 ° W | 52 km | [4] |
| E. | 7.66 ° N , 70.04 ° W | 10 km | [5] |
| F. | 8.1 ° N , 65.37 ° W | 7 km | [6] |
| K | 10.28 ° N , 69.36 ° W | 10 km | [7] |
| L. | 10.43 ° N , 70.22 ° W | 10 km | [8th] |
| M. | 10.33 ° N , 71.59 ° W | 12 km | [9] |
| U | 10.06 ° N , 67.53 ° W | 7 km | [10] |
| W. | 6.91 ° N , 67.35 ° W | 8 kilometers | [11] |
| X | 9.2 ° N , 66.68 ° W | 4 km | [12] |
| Y | 10.67 ° N , 69.89 ° W | 7 km | [13] |
| Z | 11.03 ° N , 69.64 ° W | 4 km | [14] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian mathematician Bonaventura Cavalieri .
Web links
- Cavalerius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Cavalerius 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 .