Eichstadt (moon crater)
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| Eichstadt (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 22.65 ° S , 78.38 ° W | |
| diameter | 50 km | |
| depth | 4520 m | |
| Card sheet | 91 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Lorenz Eichstaedt (1596–1660) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Eichstadt is an impact crater on the extreme western edge of the front of the moon in the mountain range of the Montes Cordillera , north of the Krasnov crater and southwest of Darwin . The edge of the crater is hardly eroded, has pronounced terracing and inside there is a divided central massif .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| C. | 21.73 ° S , 76.79 ° W | 13 km | [1] |
| D. | 23.46 ° S , 76.1 ° W | 7 km | [2] |
| E. | 23.94 ° S , 78.44 ° W | 17 km | [3] |
| G | 22.43 ° S , 80.84 ° W | 11 km | [4] |
| H | 19.1 ° S , 79.97 ° W | 11 km | [5] |
| K | 18.29 ° S , 83.37 ° W | 14 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after German physician and astronomer Lorenz Eichstaedt .
Web links
- Eichstadt in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Eichstadt 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 .