Heis (moon crater)

Hot

Heis and C. Herschel with Dorsum Heim ( LROC -WAC)

position

32.44 ° N , 32.01 ° W Coordinates: 32 ° 26 '24 " N , 32 ° 0' 36" W.

diameter

14 km

depth

1910 m

Card sheet

24 (PDF)

Named after

Eduard Heis (1806–1877)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

13.55

Heis is a small impact crater in the northwest of the front of the moon in the level of the Mare Imbrium , south of the crater C. Herschel and west of the ridge Dorsum Heim . To the southwest is the larger Delisle crater . The Rima Delisle runs between this and Heis, to the north of which lies Rupes Boris , an area of special interest during the Apollo missions. The northern edge is from the secondary crater dorsum A superimposed.

List of Heis side craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	32.71 ° N , 31.95 ° WMoon 32.71 -31.95	6 km	[1]
D.	31.64 ° N , 31.13 ° WMoon 31.64 -31.13	8 kilometers	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Eduard Heis (1806–1877), who was also active in meteor research .

Web links

Heis in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Heis 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 .

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