Fraunhofer (moon crater)

Fraunhofer
Fraunhofer ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
position	39.54 °  S , 59.01 °  O coordinates: 39 ° 32 '24 "  S , 59 ° 0' 36"  O
diameter	55 km
depth	2160 m
Card sheet	115 (PDF)
Named after	Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Fraunhofer is an impact crater on the south-eastern edge of the front of the moon , immediately south of the Furnerius crater . The rim of the crater is moderately eroded, interrupted in the northwest by the Fraunhofer V secondary crater . The inside of the crater is flat.

List of side craters from Fraunhofer

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	39.59 °  S , 61.58 °  O	26 km	[1]
B.	41.91 °  S , 67.3 °  O	34 km	[2]
C.	43.02 °  S , 64.61 °  E	37 km	[3]
D.	43.16 °  S , 68.68 °  O	19 km	[4]
E.	43.22 °  S , 61.55 °  E	45 km	[5]
F.	41.78 °  S , 59.74 °  O	16 km	[6]
G	38.52 °  S , 58.37 °  E	11 km	[7]
H	40.77 °  S , 61.54 °  E	43 km	[8th]
J	42.31 °  S , 63.34 °  E	63 km	[9]
K	42.57 °  S , 69.39 °  O	17 km	[10]
L.	42.11 °  S , 68.87 °  O	9 km	[11]
M.	40.89 °  S , 65.38 °  O	21 km	[12]
N	40.91 °  S , 64.06 °  E	13 km	[13]
R.	43.53 °  S , 68.6 °  E	13 km	[14]
S.	43.14 °  S , 69.81 °  O	13 km	[15]
T	37.9 °  S , 55.61 °  E	8 kilometers	[16]
U	40.27 °  S , 65.13 °  O	23 km	[17]
V	39.03 °  S , 57.98 °  E	24 km	[18]
W.	39.36 °  S , 62.73 °  O	18 km	[19]
X	39.73 °  S , 60.55 °  O	6 km	[20]
Y	40.14 °  S , 62.79 °  O	13 km	[21]
Z	39.92 °  S , 63.84 °  O	14 km	[22]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German optician and physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer .

Web links

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