Finsen (moon crater)

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Finsen
Finsen LROC.jpg
Image of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Finsen (moon equatorial region)
Finsen
position 42.29 °  S , 177.72 °  W Coordinates: 42 ° 17 '24 "  S , 177 ° 43' 12"  W.
diameter 73 km
Card sheet 120 (PDF)
Named after Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860-1904)
Named since 1979
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Finsen is a moon crater in the South Pole Aitken Basin on the back of the moon . It connects to the southeastern edge of the Leibnitz crater . Its ejecta covers the southeastern part of the Leibnitz crater and the northeastern part of the Von Kármán crater .

Finsen is a relatively young crater from the Eratosthenian Age (3.1–1.1 billion years before the present) with a clearly defined appearance that was only minimally overlaid by later impacts. In the middle of the crater, which is around 73 km in diameter, there is a central mountain with a base diameter of around 15 km. There are a number of short terraces on the inside of the crater rim .

List of minor craters from Finsen
Letter position diameter link
C. 40.73 °  S , 175.79 °  W 25 km [1]
G 43.23 °  S , 175.47 °  W 29 km [2]

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Li Chunlai et al .: Distribution of Finsen ejecta in the Von Kármán crater. In: researchgate.net. Retrieved March 23, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Huang Jun et al .: Geological Characteristics of Von Kármán Crater, Northwestern South Pole-Aitken Basin: Chang'E-4 Landing Site Region. In: planetary.brown.edu/. May 24, 2018, accessed March 23, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Li Chunlai, Su Yan et al .: The Moon's farside shallow subsurface structure unveiled by Chang'E-4 Lunar Penetrating Radar. In: advances.sciencemag.org. February 26, 2020, accessed on March 23, 2020 .

Web links

  • Finsen in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS