Flamsteed (moon crater)
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| position | 4.51 ° S , 44.34 ° W | |
| diameter | 19 km | |
| depth | 2160 m | |
| Card sheet | 75 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John Flamsteed (1646-1719) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Flamsteed is an impact crater on the western front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum , northeast of Hansteen and southwest of Kepler . The somewhat irregularly shaped crater is only slightly eroded and has a central mountain . He is the within than 110 km of large sunken ring ghost crater Flamsteed P .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 7.9 ° S , 43 ° W | 11 km | [1] |
| B. | 5.94 ° S , 43.81 ° W | 9 km | [2] |
| C. | 5.53 ° S , 46.32 ° W | 9 km | [3] |
| D. | 3.2 ° S , 44.94 ° W | 7 km | [4] |
| E. | 3.72 ° S , 46.09 ° W | 2 km | [5] |
| F. | 4.74 ° S , 41.16 ° W | 6 km | [6] |
| G | 4.76 ° S , 51.02 ° W | 43 km | [7] |
| H | 5.89 ° S , 51.75 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
| J | 6.69 ° S , 49.32 ° W | 5 km | [9] |
| K | 3.13 ° S , 43.73 ° W | 4 km | [10] |
| L. | 3.46 ° S , 40.88 ° W | 4 km | [11] |
| M. | 2.33 ° S , 40.69 ° W | 5 km | [12] |
| P | 3.25 ° S , 44.25 ° W | 112 km | [13] |
| S. | 3.48 ° S , 52.37 ° W | 4 km | [14] |
| T | 3.1 ° S , 51.7 ° W | 24 km | [15] |
| U | 3.63 ° S , 50.3 ° W | 5 km | [16] |
| X | 2.3 ° S , 47.39 ° W | 3 km | [17] |
| Z | 1.32 ° S , 47.84 ° W | 3 km | [18] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British astronomer John Flamsteed .
Web links
- Flamsteed in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Flamsteed on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .