Hecataeus (moon crater)
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| Hecataeus (top center) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 22.12 ° S , 79.54 ° O | |
| diameter | 143 km | |
| depth | 4780 m | |
| Card sheet | 99 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Hecataeus of Miletus | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hecataeus (center) and Humboldt (bottom right) on a photo of Apollo 15
Hecataeus is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , southeast of the Mare Fecunditatis , northwest of the large Humboldt crater , at the edge of which it is directly connected.
The rim is eroded, the interior is uneven and has tracks of the overlay of the edge of the crater side Hecataeus K on.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 21.87 ° S , 81.79 ° O | 11 km | [1] |
| B. | 19.38 ° S , 75.61 ° O | 68 km | [2] |
| C. | 18.96 ° S , 73.03 ° O | 20 km | [3] |
| E. | 18.52 ° S , 72.61 ° O | 14 km | [4] |
| J | 22.51 ° S , 80.88 ° O | 12 km | [5] |
| K | 19.66 ° S , 79.59 ° O | 94 km | [6] |
| L. | 19.11 ° S , 78.85 ° O | 24 km | [7] |
| M. | 20.76 ° S , 84.2 ° E | 20 km | [8th] |
| N | 20.9 ° S , 80.93 ° O | 11 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek geographer and philosopher Hekataios of Miletus .
Web links
- Hecataeus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hecataeus on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernest H. Cherrington: Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes. Dover Publications, New York NY 1969 (also: ibid. 1984, ISBN 0-486-24491-1 ).