Geminus (moon crater)
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| Geminus crater, lower right Geminus C ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 34.31 ° N , 56.63 ° O | |
| diameter | 83 km | |
| depth | 4760 m | |
| Card sheet | 27 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Geminos of Rhodes (1st century BC) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Geminus is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon . It is located west of Bernoulli crater and north of Burckhardt crater . The crater wall is terraced and the interior has a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 31.5 ° N , 51.79 ° E | 15 km | [1] |
| B. | 34.09 ° N , 52.08 ° O | 10 km | [2] |
| C. | 33.87 ° N , 58.69 ° E | 15 km | [3] |
| D. | 30.54 ° N , 47.24 ° O | 16 km | [4] |
| E. | 33.84 ° N , 48.58 ° O | 55 km | [5] |
| F. | 32.07 ° N , 51.03 ° E | 22 km | [6] |
| G | 30.79 ° N , 48.56 ° E | 14 km | [7] |
| H | 31.56 ° N , 48.8 ° E | 14 km | [8th] |
| M. | 31.86 ° N , 48.48 ° E | 11 km | [9] |
| N | 31.42 ° N , 47.66 ° E | 22 km | [10] |
| W. | 34.25 ° N , 47.44 ° O | 6 km | [11] |
| Z | 30.71 ° N , 46.66 ° E | 31 km | [12] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astronomer Geminos of Rhodes .
Web links
- Geminus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Geminus on The-Moon Wiki
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [13]
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .