Heinsius (moon crater)

Heinsius
position	39.43 °  S , 17.81 °  W Coordinates: 39 ° 25 '48 "  S , 17 ° 48' 36"  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.

List of side craters from Heinsius

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

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