Hermann (moon crater)
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position | 0.87 ° S , 57.44 ° W | |
diameter | 15 km | |
depth | 1710 m | |
Card sheet | 74 (PDF) | |
Named after | Jakob Hermann (1678–1733) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Hermann is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the plane of Oceanus Procellarum , south of the Reiner crater (moon crater) and northeast of Damoiseau .
The crater is bowl-shaped and has traces of landslides inside.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 0.4 ° N , 58.24 ° W | 4 km | [1] |
B. | 0.35 ° S , 57.23 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
C. | 0.16 ° S , 60.66 ° W | 3 km | [3] |
D. | 2.32 ° S , 54.12 ° W | 3 km | [4] |
E. | 0.18 ° N , 52.02 ° W | 4 km | [5] |
F. | 1.29 ° N , 55.59 ° W | 5 km | [6] |
H | 0.87 ° N , 61.92 ° W | 4 km | [7] |
J | 2.59 ° N , 57.51 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
K | 2.42 ° N , 58.35 ° W | 3 km | [9] |
L. | 2.43 ° N , 59.21 ° W | 3 km | [10] |
R. | 0.54 ° N , 55.77 ° W | 2 km | [11] |
S. | 0.93 ° N , 55.59 ° W | 4 km | [12] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Swiss mathematician Jakob Hermann .
Web links
- Hermann in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hermann 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 .