Fermat (moon crater)
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| Fermat (middle left) with Rupes Altai ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 22.74 ° S , 19.76 ° E | |
| diameter | 38 km | |
| depth | 2100 m | |
| Card sheet | 96 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Pierre de Fermat (1607-1665) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Fermat is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of the Mare Nectaris , northeast of the Sacrobosco crater and southwest of Catharina , west of the Rupes Altai . The crater is heavily eroded, the crater floor relatively flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 21.87 ° S , 19.59 ° E | 17 km | [1] |
| B. | 23.11 ° S , 21.09 ° E | 11 km | [2] |
| C. | 21.12 ° S , 18.45 ° E | 14 km | [3] |
| D. | 20.2 ° S , 17.97 ° E | 12 km | [4] |
| E. | 19.97 ° S , 19.85 ° E | 7 km | [5] |
| F. | 22.15 ° S , 20.13 ° E | 5 km | [6] |
| G | 19.48 ° S , 19.97 ° E | 7 km | [7] |
| H | 23.19 ° S , 20.63 ° E | 5 km | [8th] |
| P | 23.79 ° S , 19.4 ° E | 36 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .