Gruithuisen (moon crater)

Gruithuisen
Gruithuisen moon crater , photographed from the southeast by Apollo 15
position	32.88 °  N , 39.77 °  W Coordinates: 32 ° 52 '48 "  N , 39 ° 46' 12"  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

Gruithuisen with side craters ( LROC -WAC)

List of secondary craters from Gruithuisen

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .