Eimmart (moon crater)
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| Eimmart with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 23.93 ° N , 64.77 ° O | |
| diameter | 45 km | |
| depth | 1560 m | |
| Card sheet | 44 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Georg Christoph Eimmart (1638–1705) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Eimmart is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , between the edge of the Mare Crisium and the Mare Anguis . The rim of the crater is moderately eroded, the interior is largely flat, except for landslides, especially in the south.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 24.08 ° N , 65.64 ° E | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 21.32 ° N , 66.7 ° E | 12 km | [2] |
| C. | 22.38 ° N , 61.23 ° O | 23 km | [3] |
| D. | 22.96 ° N , 69.06 ° O | 12 km | [4] |
| F. | 23.27 ° N , 62.1 ° E | 8 kilometers | [5] |
| G | 25.49 ° N , 64.81 ° O | 14 km | [6] |
| H | 22.07 ° N , 64.28 ° O | 17 km | [7] |
| K | 20.09 ° N , 67.87 ° O | 14 km | [8th] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Georg Christoph Eimmart .
Web links
- Eimmart in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Eimmart 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 .