Heinsius (moon crater)
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position | 39.43 ° S , 17.81 ° W | |
diameter | 62 km | |
depth | 2650 m | |
Card sheet | 111 (PDF) | |
Named after | Gottfried Heinsius (1709–1769) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Heinsius is an impact crater in the southwest of the front of the moon , south of Mare Nubium , northwest of Tycho crater and northeast of Wilhelm . The irregularly shaped crater is severely eroded and overlaid by secondary craters, especially in the southwestern part.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 39.79 ° S , 17.72 ° W | 20 km | [1] |
B. | 40.04 ° S , 18.83 ° W | 24 km | [2] |
C. | 40.63 ° S , 18.04 ° W | 22 km | [3] |
D. | 38.82 ° S , 20.84 ° W | 7 km | [4] |
E. | 37.88 ° S , 19.67 ° W | 18 km | [5] |
F. | 40.54 ° S , 19.82 ° W | 7 km | [6] |
G | 38.32 ° S , 14.71 ° W | 10 km | [7] |
H | 37.51 ° S , 18.66 ° W | 7 km | [8th] |
J | 39.32 ° S , 20.55 ° W | 8 kilometers | [9] |
K | 38.59 ° S , 18.69 ° W | 5 km | [10] |
L. | 41.25 ° S , 18.56 ° W | 7 km | [11] |
M. | 40.97 ° S , 15.49 ° W | 13 km | [12] |
N | 37.36 ° S , 14.86 ° W | 7 km | [13] |
O | 38.85 ° S , 15.02 ° W | 3 km | [14] |
P | 39.46 ° S , 13.89 ° W | 40 km | [15] |
Q | 39.85 ° S , 14.63 ° W | 34 km | [16] |
R. | 40.22 ° S , 20.88 ° W | 5 km | [17] |
S. | 39.66 ° S , 17.1 ° W | 6 km | [18] |
T | 39.77 ° S , 16.71 ° W | 7 km | [19] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Gottfried Heinsius .
Web links
- Heinsius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Heinsius 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 .