Hartwig (moon crater)
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| Hartwig and Schlueter ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 6.34 ° S , 80.38 ° W | |
| diameter | 78 km | |
| depth | 2210 m | |
| Card sheet | 73 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Ernst Hartwig (1851-1923) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hartwig is an impact crater on the westernmost edge of the front of the moon , immediately east of the Schlüter crater . The crater has been severely eroded, and the crater wall has almost completely disappeared, especially in the southeast.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 5.77 ° S , 79.82 ° W | 10 km | [1] |
| B. | 8.45 ° S , 77.52 ° W | 10 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the German astronomer Ernst Hartwig .
Web links
- Hartwig in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hartwig 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 .