Hypatia (moon crater)
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| position | 4.32 ° S , 22.58 ° E | |
| diameter | 36 km | |
| depth | 1500 m | |
| Card sheet | 78 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Hypatia | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hypatia is an impact crater on the front of the Moon on the western edge of Sinus Asperitatis , southeast of Delambre crater and west of Torricelli . The crater is very irregularly shaped and heavily eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 4.93 ° S , 22.2 ° E | 15 km | [1] |
| B. | 4.7 ° S , 21.29 ° E | 4 km | [2] |
| C. | 0.89 ° S , 20.76 ° E | 15 km | [3] |
| D. | 3.16 ° S , 22.66 ° E | 5 km | [4] |
| E. | 0.35 ° S , 20.39 ° E | 6 km | [5] |
| F. | 4.15 ° S , 21.45 ° E | 8 kilometers | [6] |
| G | 2.7 ° S , 22.92 ° E | 5 km | [7] |
| H | 4.51 ° S , 24.04 ° O | 5 km | [8th] |
| M. | 5.34 ° S , 23.42 ° E | 29 km | [9] |
| R. | 2.02 ° S , 21.23 ° E | 3 km | [10] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the late ancient philosopher Hypatia .
Web links
- Hypatia in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hypatia 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 .