Gruemberger (moon crater)
| Gruemberger | ||
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| position | 67.02 ° S , 10.42 ° W | |
| diameter | 92 km | |
| depth | 5140 m | |
| Card sheet | 137 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Christoph Grienberger (1561–1636) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Gruemberger is an impact crater in the extreme south of the front of the moon , west of Curtius crater and northwest of Moretus . The rim of the crater is very badly eroded, a part in the northeast is covered by the smaller crater Cysatus . The inside of the crater is heavily furrowed.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 67.48 ° S , 12.35 ° W | 19 km | [1] |
| B. | 64.58 ° S , 9.22 ° W | 29 km | [2] |
| C. | 65.89 ° S , 15.52 ° W | 10 km | [3] |
| D. | 68.35 ° S , 14.89 ° W | 5 km | [4] |
| E. | 63.81 ° S , 7.48 ° W | 8 kilometers | [5] |
| F. | 63.03 ° S , 6.61 ° W | 7 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German Jesuit and astronomer Christoph Grienberger .
Web links
- Gruemberger in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Gruemberger 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 .