Hipparchus (moon crater)
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| Hipparchus (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 5.36 ° S , 4.87 ° E | |
| diameter | 144 km | |
| depth | 1100 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Hipparchus | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hipparchus is a large impact crater on the front of the moon , southeast of the Sinus Medii . It lies north of the Albategnius crater and northeast of Ptolemy . The crater is very heavily eroded and covered by numerous other impacts, especially on the western edge. Within the crater ring lies the Horrocks crater on the northeastern edge .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 7 ° S , 1.7 ° E | 4 km | [1] |
| C. | 7.41 ° S , 8.17 ° E | 17 km | [2] |
| D. | 4.48 ° S , 2.06 ° E | 4 km | [3] |
| E. | 4.25 ° S , 2.2 ° E | 5 km | [4] |
| F. | 4.2 ° S , 2.43 ° E | 9 km | [5] |
| G | 5.03 ° S , 7.36 ° E | 14 km | [6] |
| H | 5.49 ° S , 2.24 ° E | 4 km | [7] |
| J | 7.6 ° S , 3.16 ° E | 14 km | [8th] |
| K | 6.98 ° S , 2.12 ° E | 11 km | [9] |
| L. | 6.88 ° S , 8.96 ° E | 13 km | [10] |
| N | 4.86 ° S , 4.94 ° E | 6 km | [11] |
| P | 4.77 ° S , 2.67 ° E | 5 km | [12] |
| Q | 8.51 ° S , 2.84 ° E | 8 kilometers | [13] |
| T | 7.17 ° S , 3.51 ° E | 8 kilometers | [14] |
| U | 6.8 ° S , 3.51 ° E | 8 kilometers | [15] |
| W. | 5.08 ° S , 7.7 ° E | 5 km | [16] |
| X | 5.88 ° S , 4.87 ° E | 17 km | [17] |
| Z | 8.58 ° S , 9.03 ° E | 6 km | [18] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astronomer Hipparchus .
Web links
- Hipparchus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hipparchus 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 .