Horrocks (moon craters)
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| Horrocks (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 4 ° S , 5.81 ° E | |
| diameter | 30 km | |
| depth | 2980 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Jeremiah Horrocks (1619-1641) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Horrocks is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the northeast of the whale plain of Hipparchus . The crater is relatively little eroded, the crater rim is irregular and sharp-edged. The interior shows traces of landslides.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| M. | 4.08 ° S , 7.58 ° E | 5 km | [1] |
| U | 3.21 ° S , 4.69 ° E | 3 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the English astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks .
Web links
- Horrocks in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Horrocks 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 .