Descartes (moon crater)
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| Descartes with lunar vortex (dashed line) and Apollo 16 landing site ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 11.78 ° S , 15.64 ° E | |
| diameter | 48 km | |
| depth | 850 m | |
| Card sheet | 78 (PDF) | |
| Named after | René Descartes (1596–1650) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Descartes is an impact crater on the front of the moon northeast of Abulfeda crater and southwest of Kant . The rim of the heavily eroded crater is only preserved in the southern part. The interior is uneven and has concentric structures.
The landing site of Apollo 16 is about 85 kilometers north of the center of Descartes ( 8 ° 58 ′ 22.8 ″ S , 15 ° 30 ′ 0.7 ″ E ). The area around the landing area is unofficially known as the Descartes highlands .
A circular area with a high Albedo north of Descartes whose diameter approximately through the two craters Dollond E is called and Descartes C was obtained by measurements of the magnetic field of the lunar spacecraft Clementine as moon fluidized identified.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 12.09 ° S , 15.18 ° E | 14 km | [1] |
| C. | 11.03 ° S , 16.27 ° E | 4 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes .
Web links
- Descartes in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Descartes 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 .
- ↑ "A New Swirl" ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - LPOD articles
