Encke (moon crater)

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Encke
Kepler + Encke - LROC - WAC.JPG
Encke and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Encke (moon equatorial region)
Encke
position 4.55 °  N , 36.68 °  W Coordinates: 4 ° 33 '0 "  N , 36 ° 40' 48"  W.
diameter 28 km
depth 750 m
Card sheet 57 (PDF)
Named after Johann Franz Encke (1791–1865)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Encke is an impact crater on the western front of the moon in the plane of Oceanus Procellarum , southeast of the Kepler crater and northwest of Kunwosky . The crater rim is irregular and little eroded, the inside of the crater is flat and has a system of fracture grooves .

List of Encke's secondary craters
Letter position diameter link
B. 2.33 °  N , 36.81 °  W 11 km [1]
C. 0.65 °  N , 36.46 °  W 9 km [2]
E. 0.34 °  N , 40.22 °  W 9 km [3]
G 4.77 °  N , 38.81 °  W 7 km [4]
H 3.99 °  N , 37.41 °  W 4 km [5]
J 5.22 °  N , 39.6 °  W 5 km [6]
K 1.36 °  N , 37.25 °  W 4 km [7]
M. 4.48 °  N , 35.13 °  W 3 km [8th]
N 4.57 °  N , 37.17 °  W 4 km [9]
T 3.23 °  N , 37.88 °  W 95 km [10]
X 0.93 °  N , 40.34 °  W 3 km [11]
Y 5.85 °  N , 36.47 °  W 3 km [12]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Johann Franz Encke .

Web links

  • Encke in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Encke on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .