Colombo (moon crater)
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| Colombo and Surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 15.28 ° S , 46.11 ° E | |
| diameter | 79 km | |
| depth | 2530 m | |
| Card sheet | 79 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Colombo is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Fecunditatis , south of Goclenius crater and northwest of Cook . The crater rim is eroded and terraced inward. The interior is flat, especially in the northwest, and in the center there are several peaks that are the remains of a largely flooded central mountain.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 14.18 ° S , 44.44 ° O | 41 km | [1] |
| B. | 16.44 ° S , 45.15 ° E | 13 km | [2] |
| E. | 15.82 ° S , 42.34 ° O | 13 km | [3] |
| G | 14.04 ° S , 43.44 ° E | 9 km | [4] |
| H | 17.47 ° S , 44.11 ° O | 14 km | [5] |
| J | 14.33 ° S , 43.59 ° O | 6 km | [6] |
| K | 15.85 ° S , 46.4 ° E | 5 km | [7] |
| M. | 14.66 ° S , 47.77 ° E | 16 km | [8th] |
| P | 15.14 ° S , 47.87 ° E | 6 km | [9] |
| T | 18.94 ° S , 45.42 ° E | 9 km | [10] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the discoverer of America, Christopher Columbus .
Web links
- Colombo in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Colombo 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 .