Heis (moon crater)
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Heis and C. Herschel with Dorsum Heim ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 32.44 ° N , 32.01 ° 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 |
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.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 32.71 ° N , 31.95 ° W | 6 km | [1] |
D. | 31.64 ° N , 31.13 ° W | 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
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .