Isidorus (moon crater)
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| Isidorus (center) and Capella (right) (photo Apollo 16 ) | ||
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| position | 7.97 ° S , 33.46 ° O | |
| diameter | 41 km | |
| depth | 2500 m | |
| Card sheet | 79 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Isidore of Seville (approx. 560–636) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Isidorus is an impact crater on the front of the moon north of Mare Nectaris , north of Daguerre and immediately west of Capella . The crater is eroded, is located inside the craters Isidorus A . The eastern edge is covered by Capella.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 8.08 ° S , 33.19 ° E | 10 km | [1] |
| B. | 4.54 ° S , 32.97 ° E | 30 km | [2] |
| C. | 4.82 ° S , 31.62 ° O | 8 kilometers | [3] |
| D. | 4.29 ° S , 34.05 ° E | 15 km | [4] |
| E. | 5.42 ° S , 32.6 ° E | 14 km | [5] |
| F. | 8.78 ° S , 34.16 ° E | 19 km | [6] |
| G | 6.43 ° S , 31.63 ° O | 7 km | [7] |
| H | 3.96 ° S , 32.62 ° O | 7 km | [8th] |
| K | 8.93 ° S , 33.32 ° E | 7 km | [9] |
| U | 7.97 ° S , 31.51 ° O | 6 km | [10] |
| V | 8.91 ° S , 30.79 ° E | 4 km | [11] |
| W. | 9.5 ° S , 32.34 ° O | 4 km | [12] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Spanish saint and scholar Isidore of Seville .
Web links
- Isidorus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Isidorus 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 .