Heraclitus (moon crater)
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| position | 49.18 ° S , 6.21 ° E | |
| diameter | 85 km | |
| depth | 4260 m | |
| Card sheet | 126 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Heraclitus (535-475 BC) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Heraclitus is an impact crater south of the lunar front , east of Maginus crater and southwest of Licetus . The crater is superimposed many times, so that the original crater can hardly be seen. The southwestern part is overlaid by Heraclitus D , the rest seems to be divided into two parts, possibly with the rest of a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 49.43 ° S , 4.45 ° E | 6 km | [1] |
| C. | 48.9 ° S , 6.14 ° E | 7 km | [2] |
| D. | 50.56 ° S , 5.04 ° E | 53 km | [3] |
| E. | 49.74 ° S , 6.49 ° E | 7 km | [4] |
| K | 49.64 ° S , 3.37 ° E | 17 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus .
Web links
- Heraclitus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Heraclitus 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 .