Franz (moon crater)

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Franz
Sinus Amoris + Lacus Bonitatis - LROC - WAC.JPG
Franz (center below) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Franz (moon equatorial region)
Franz
position 16.58 °  N , 40.23 °  E Coordinates: 16 ° 34 '48 "  N , 40 ° 13' 48"  E
diameter 25 km
depth 590 m
Card sheet 43 (PDF)
Named after Julius Franz (1847-1913)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Franz is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , between Mare Tranquillitatis and Sinus Amoris . The crater is very badly eroded, the interior was flooded by the lavas of the adjacent mare and is therefore relatively flat.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Julius Franz .

Web links

  • Franz in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Franz on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .