Hevelius (moon crater)
| Hevelius | ||
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| Cavalerius and Hevelius ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 2.14 ° N , 67.52 ° W | |
| diameter | 117 km | |
| depth | 1930 m | |
| Card sheet | 56 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hevelius is an impact crater on the western edge of the front of the moon , on the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum , south of the Cavalerius crater . The crater rim of Hevelius is very heavily eroded and partially leveled in the north and south, the interior is criss-crossed by a system of fracture grooves , the Rimae Hevelius .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 2.85 ° N , 68.22 ° W | 14 km | [1] |
| B. | 1.36 ° N , 68.95 ° W | 14 km | [2] |
| D. | 3.03 ° N , 60.9 ° W | 8 kilometers | [3] |
| E. | 2.92 ° N , 65.76 ° W | 9 km | [4] |
| J | 0.81 ° N , 69.86 ° W | 13 km | [5] |
| K | 1.57 ° N , 70.07 ° W | 6 km | [6] |
| L. | 2.03 ° N , 70.46 ° W | 7 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the astronomer Johannes Hevelius .
Web links
- Hevelius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hevelius 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 .