Epimenides (moon crater)
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| Epimenides (bottom left) and Lacus Timoris ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 40.91 ° S , 30.4 ° W | |
| diameter | 23 km | |
| depth | 2370 m | |
| Card sheet | 111 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Epimenides | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Epimenides is an impact crater in the southwest of the lunar front , east of Hainzel crater , southwest of Lacus Timoris . The crater is moderately eroded and the crater rim is irregularly shaped.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 43.26 ° S , 30.25 ° W | 15 km | [1] |
| B. | 41.61 ° S , 28.99 ° W | 9 km | [2] |
| C. | 42.34 ° S , 27.66 ° W | 4 km | [3] |
| S. | 41.71 ° S , 29.52 ° W | 24 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek philosopher Epimenides .
Web links
- Epimenides in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Epimenides 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 .