Herschel (moon crater)
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| Herschel (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 5.7 ° S , 2.13 ° W | |
| diameter | 39 km | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Wilhelm Herschel (1738-1822) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Herschel is a lunar crater north of the Ptolemy crater, which is 153 kilometers in diameter, which is much larger . In the northern area there are also Gyldén , Spörer and Flammarion . The latter borders the sinus medii .
Although the western wall has a straight section, the rim of the Herschel crater is largely circular. It has a little eroded ridge. Between the crater edge and the central mountain , the wall is terraced.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| C. | 5.02 ° S , 3.24 ° W | 10 km | [1] |
| D. | 5.33 ° S , 4.02 ° W | 19 km | [2] |
| F. | 5.8 ° S , 4.44 ° W | 6 km | [3] |
| G | 6.5 ° S , 2.44 ° W | 12 km | [4] |
| H | 6.31 ° S , 3.5 ° W | 5 km | [5] |
| J | 6.43 ° S , 4.34 ° W | 5 km | [6] |
| N | 5.23 ° S , 1.13 ° W | 14 km | [7] |
| X | 5.37 ° S , 2.77 ° W | 3 km | [8th] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
See also
Web links
Commons : Herschel (Lunar crater) - Collection of images
- Herschel on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Herschel (moon crater) in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS