Flammarion (moon crater)
| Flammarion | ||
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| position | 3.34 ° S , 3.77 ° W | |
| diameter | 76 km | |
| depth | 1510 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Flammarion is an impact crater on the front of the moon southwest of the Sinus Medii , north of the large crater Ptolemy . The crater is badly eroded, the interior largely flat.
Touching the northern wall, the Rima Flammarion moon groove runs in a south-easterly direction.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 1.97 ° S , 2.55 ° W | 4 km | [1] |
| B. | 4.06 ° S , 4.61 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
| C. | 2.03 ° S , 3.79 ° W | 4 km | [3] |
| D. | 3.04 ° S , 4.82 ° W | 4 km | [4] |
| T | 2.8 ° S , 2.08 ° W | 33 km | [5] |
| U | 3 ° S , 1.43 ° W | 11 km | [6] |
| W. | 2.15 ° S , 2.45 ° W | 6 km | [7] |
| X | 2.89 ° S , 3.09 ° W | 2 km | [8th] |
| Y | 3.75 ° S , 3.24 ° W | 3 km | [9] |
| Z | 2.26 ° S , 1.49 ° W | 4 km | [10] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French astronomer Camille Flammarion .
Web links
- Flammarion in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Flammarion on The-Moon Wiki
Commons : Flammarion (crater) - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .