Gruithuisen (moon crater)
Gruithuisen | ||
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Gruithuisen moon crater , photographed from the southeast by Apollo 15 | ||
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position | 32.88 ° N , 39.77 ° W | |
diameter | 16 km | |
depth | 1870 m | |
Card sheet | 23 (PDF) | |
Named after | Franz by Paula Gruithuisen (1774-1852) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Gruithuisen is a moon crater named after the German astronomer Franz von Paula Gruithuisen .
description
Gruithuisen is a relatively small impact crater in the northwest of the front of the moon , in the plain between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium . To the north of Gruithuisen are the mountains Mons Gruithuisen Gamma and Mons Gruithuisen Delta on a bulge of the Oceanus Procellarum .
Secondary crater
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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B. | 35.64 ° N , 38.77 ° W | 10 km | [1] |
E. | 37.38 ° N , 44.4 ° W | 8 kilometers | [2] |
F. | 36.25 ° N , 38 ° W | 4 km | [3] |
G | 36.59 ° N , 44.02 ° W | 6 km | [4] |
H | 33.3 ° N , 38.48 ° W | 6 km | [5] |
K | 35.39 ° N , 42.75 ° W | 6 km | [6] |
M. | 36.94 ° N , 43.16 ° W | 9 km | [7] |
P | 37.17 ° N , 40.59 ° W | 8 kilometers | [8th] |
R. | 37.14 ° N , 45.33 ° W | 7 km | [9] |
S. | 37.47 ° N , 45.67 ° W | 7 km | [10] |
Web links
- Gruithuisen in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Gruithuisen 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 .