Censorinus (moon crater)
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| Censorinus (left) with Censorinus A ( Lunar Orbiter IV) | ||
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| position | 0.43 ° S , 32.67 ° O | |
| diameter | 4 km | |
| depth | 1040 m | |
| Card sheet | 79 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Censorinus | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Censorinus is a very small but strikingly bright impact crater on the lunar front near the lunar equator , on the southern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis , southeast of the Maskelyne crater . East is the major side crater Censorinus A .
| Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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| A. | 0.43 ° S , 32.97 ° E | 7 km | [1] | |
| B. | 2.02 ° S , 31.44 ° E | 7 km | [2] | |
| C. | 3.11 ° S , 34.15 ° E | 28 km | [3] | |
| D. | 1.95 ° S , 35.85 ° E | 10 km | [4] | |
| E. | 3.58 ° S , 34.82 ° O | 11 km | [5] | |
| F. | Renamed Leakey | |||
| H | 1.86 ° S , 33.64 ° O | 9 km | [6] | |
| J | 1.03 ° S , 31.31 ° E | 5 km | [7] | |
| K | 1.04 ° S , 28.83 ° O | 4 km | [8th] | |
| L. | 2.78 ° S , 31.21 ° E | 4 km | [9] | |
| N | 1.9 ° S , 36.64 ° O | 39 km | [10] | |
| S. | 3.83 ° S , 36.17 ° O | 16 km | [11] | |
| T | 3.23 ° S , 31.13 ° E | 4 km | [12] | |
| U | 1.53 ° S , 34.43 ° E | 3 km | [13] | |
| V | 0.65 ° S , 35.43 ° E | 4 km | [14] | |
| W. | 1.01 ° S , 37.48 ° O | 9 km | [15] | |
| X | 0.6 ° S , 37.17 ° O | 17 km | [16] | |
| Z | 3.68 ° S , 36.78 ° E | 11 km | [17] | |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Roman writer Censorinus .
Web links
- Censorinus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Censorinus 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 .