Glaisher (moon crater)
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| position | 13.14 ° N , 49.3 ° E | |
| diameter | 16 km | |
| depth | 3290 m | |
| Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
| Named after | James Glashier (1809-1903) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Glaisher is a bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon in the mountains between Palus Somni and Mare Crisium , west of Greaves and southwest of Yerkes .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 12.82 ° N , 50.68 ° O | 19 km | [1] |
| B. | 12.3 ° N , 50.14 ° E | 23 km | [2] |
| E. | 12.59 ° N , 49.12 ° E | 20 km | [3] |
| F. | 13.58 ° N , 49.86 ° E | 7 km | [4] |
| G | 12.4 ° N , 49.41 ° E | 19 km | [5] |
| H | 13.7 ° N , 49.39 ° O | 6 km | [6] |
| L. | 13.4 ° N , 48.72 ° E | 7 km | [7] |
| M. | 13.08 ° N , 48.51 ° E | 5 km | [8th] |
| N | 13.07 ° N , 47.56 ° E | 7 km | [9] |
| V | 11 ° N , 49.99 ° E | 13 km | [10] |
| W. | 12.66 ° N , 47.53 ° E | 50 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English meteorologist and aeronaut James Glaisher .
Web links
- Glaisher in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Glaisher 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 .