Fauth (moon crater)
| Fauth | ||
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| position | 6.21 ° N , 20.17 ° W | |
| diameter | 12 km | |
| depth | 1970 m | |
| Card sheet | 58 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Philipp Fauth (1867–1941) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Fauth is a relatively small impact crater on the western front of the moon in Mare Insularum , immediately south of the large Copernicus crater .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 5.95 ° N , 20.22 ° W | 10 km | [1] |
| B. | 5.79 ° N , 19.34 ° W | 3 km | [2] |
| C. | 5.22 ° N , 18.88 ° W | 4 km | [3] |
| D. | 6.01 ° N , 18.5 ° W | 4 km | [4] |
| E. | 5.37 ° N , 20.74 ° W | 3 km | [5] |
| F. | 5.38 ° N , 17.49 ° W | 3 km | [6] |
| G | 5.24 ° N , 16.31 ° W | 3 km | [7] |
| H | 4.76 ° N , 16.25 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Philipp Fauth .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .