Eudoxus (moon crater)
| Eudoxus | ||
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| Eudoxus with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 44.26 ° N , 16.21 ° E | |
| diameter | 70 km | |
| depth | 4350 m | |
| Card sheet | 26 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Eudoxus of Knidos (397-390 - 345-338 BC) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Eudoxus is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , east of the Montes Caucasus and west of Lacus Mortis . The wall is strongly terraced, in the center there is a central mountain range with several peaks.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 45.82 ° N , 20.07 ° E | 13 km | [1] |
| B. | 45.66 ° N , 17.34 ° E | 8 kilometers | [2] |
| D. | 43.34 ° N , 13.2 ° E | 9 km | [3] |
| E. | 44.39 ° N , 21.16 ° E | 6 km | [4] |
| G | 45.41 ° N , 18.76 ° E | 7 km | [5] |
| J | 40.78 ° N , 20.28 ° E | 4 km | [6] |
| U | 43.88 ° N , 20.26 ° E | 3 km | [7] |
| V | 43.05 ° N , 18.79 ° O | 4 km | [8th] |
Web links
- Eudoxus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- USGS Astrogeology Science Center
- Lunar Photo of the Day, March 26, 2010
- Eudoxus Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [9]
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2000, p. 274