Conon (moon crater)

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Conon
Conon + Yankel - LROC - WAC.JPG
Conon and Rima Conon ( LROC -WAC)
Conon (moon equatorial region)
Conon
position 21.66 °  N , 1.95 °  E Coordinates: 21 ° 39 '36 "  N , 1 ° 57' 0"  E
diameter 21 km
depth 2930 m
Card sheet 41 (PDF)
Named after Konon of Samos
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Conon is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the Montes Apenninus , west of the Galen crater and north of the Sinus Fidei , through which the approximately 37 km long Rima Conon moon groove runs in a north-south direction.

List of Conon's minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 19.66 °  N , 4.38 °  E 6 km [1]
W. 18.7 °  N , 3.07 °  E 4 km [2]
Y 22.33 °  N , 1.81 °  E 4 km [3]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astronomer and mathematician Konon of Samos .

Web links

  • Conon in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Conon on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

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