Curtius (moon crater)
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| position | 67.06 ° S , 4.09 ° E | |
| diameter | 96 km | |
| depth | 3750 m | |
| Card sheet | 137 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Albert Curtz (1600–1671) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Curtius is an impact crater in the extreme south of the lunar front , northeast of Moretus crater and east of Cysatus . The rim of the crater is very badly eroded, and the interior has been furrowed by smaller impacts.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 68.51 ° S , 2.35 ° O | 12 km | [1] |
| B. | 63.74 ° S , 4.56 ° O | 40 km | [2] |
| C. | 69.37 ° S , 4.17 ° E | 10 km | [3] |
| D. | 64.7 ° S , 8.35 ° E | 57 km | [4] |
| E. | 67.21 ° S , 7.89 ° E | 17 km | [5] |
| F. | 66.85 ° S , 2.44 ° O | 6 km | [6] |
| G | 66 ° S , 2.72 ° E | 6 km | [7] |
| H | 69.31 ° S , 7.84 ° E | 10 km | [8th] |
| K | 69.17 ° S , 9.58 ° E | 7 km | [9] |
| L. | 68.34 ° S , 9.32 ° E | 8 kilometers | [10] |
| M. | 65.56 ° S , 8.33 ° O | 5 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Albert Curtz .
Web links
- Curtius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Curtius 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 .