Cavalerius (moon crater)

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Cavalerius
Cavalerius + Hevelius - LROC - WAC.JPG
Cavalerius and Hevelius ( LROC -WAC)
Cavalerius (moon equatorial region)
Cavalerius
position 5.08 °  N , 66.9 °  W Coordinates: 5 ° 4 ′ 48 ″  N , 66 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  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

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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 .

List of side craters of Cavalerius
Letter position diameter link
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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .