Goldschmidt (moon crater)
| Goldschmidt | ||
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| Goldschmidt and Anaxagoras with side craters (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 72.97 ° N , 3.82 ° W | |
| diameter | 115 km | |
| depth | 3420 m | |
| Card sheet | 3 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Hermann Goldschmidt (1802–1866) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Goldschmidt is an impact crater on the moon to the north of the moon's front. The rim of the crater is relatively heavily eroded and the western part is covered by the younger Anaxagoras crater .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 72.49 ° N , 2.53 ° W | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 70.6 ° N , 6.81 ° W | 10 km | [2] |
| C. | 71.14 ° N , 6.13 ° W | 8 kilometers | [3] |
| D. | 75.39 ° N , 7.76 ° W | 14 km | [4] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1935 after the Franco-German astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt .
Web links
- Goldschmidt in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Goldschmidt on The-moon Wiki
- Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [5]