Hare (moon crater)

Hare
Rabbit (center below) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	29.46 °  S , 62.7 °  E Coordinates: 29 ° 27 '36 "  S , 62 ° 42' 0"  E
diameter	82 km
depth	3520 m
Card sheet	98 (PDF)
Named after	Johann Matthias Hase (1684–1742)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Hase is an impact crater to the east of the lunar front , southeast of Mare Fecunditatis , south of Petavius crater and east of Snellius . The heavily eroded crater is in its southern part of the large craters Hase D superimposed.

Starting south of Hase, the lunar groove system of the Rimae Hase runs from the crater in a south-easterly direction.

List of minor craters from Hase

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	29.07 °  S , 62.93 °  E	15 km	[1]
B.	31.55 °  S , 60.04 °  O	20 km	[2]
D.	31.11 °  S , 63.25 °  O	57 km	[3]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German mathematician Johann Matthias Hase .

Web links

• Hare in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Bunny 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 .