Crüger (moon crater)
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| position | 16.71 ° S , 66.91 ° W | |
| diameter | 46 km | |
| depth | 530 m | |
| Card sheet | 92 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Peter Crüger (1580–1639) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Crüger is an impact crater on the western edge of the lunar front , west of Oceanus Procellarum , south of Grimaldi crater and northeast of Darwin . The crater is very shallow and the interior of the crater is flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 16.04 ° S , 62.8 ° W | 25 km | [1] |
| B. | 17.21 ° S , 71.76 ° W | 13 km | [2] |
| C. | 16.87 ° S , 62.01 ° W | 12 km | [3] |
| D. | 15.35 ° S , 64.64 ° W | 13 km | [4] |
| E. | 17.54 ° S , 65.32 ° W | 15 km | [5] |
| F. | 14.2 ° S , 64.46 ° W | 8 kilometers | [6] |
| G | 17.92 ° S , 68.06 ° W | 8 kilometers | [7] |
| H | 18.04 ° S , 65.33 ° W | 7 km | [8th] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German mathematician Peter Crüger .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .