Cuvier (moon crater)
Cuvier | ||
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Cuvier (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 50.31 ° S , 9.66 ° E | |
diameter | 77 km | |
depth | 3020 m | |
Card sheet | 126 (PDF) | |
Named after | Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Cuvier is an impact crater south of the lunar front , east of Maginus crater and southeast of Licetus . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 52.51 ° S , 11.9 ° O | 18 km | [1] |
B. | 51.72 ° S , 13.76 ° E | 16 km | [2] |
C. | 50.02 ° S , 11.71 ° E | 9 km | [3] |
D. | 51.43 ° S , 7.69 ° O | 16 km | [4] |
E. | 52.42 ° S , 12.83 ° E | 19 km | [5] |
F. | 52.3 ° S , 11.11 ° E | 15 km | [6] |
G | 50.85 ° S , 7.4 ° E | 8 kilometers | [7] |
H | 48.71 ° S , 8.38 ° E | 10 km | [8th] |
J | 49.28 ° S , 8.66 ° E | 5 km | [9] |
K | 52.28 ° S , 9.94 ° E | 7 km | [10] |
L. | 48.96 ° S , 9.71 ° E | 13 km | [11] |
M. | 53.42 ° S , 10.77 ° E | 6 km | [12] |
N | 53.54 ° S , 12.01 ° O | 4 km | [13] |
O | 51.77 ° S , 12 ° E | 11 km | [14] |
P | 50.16 ° S , 12.6 ° E | 9 km | [15] |
Q | 51.65 ° S , 10.49 ° E | 13 km | [16] |
R. | 51.14 ° S , 13.1 ° E | 6 km | [17] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French naturalist Georges Cuvier .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .