Jacobi (moon crater)

Jacobi
Jacobi ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
position	56.87 °  S , 11.3 °  E Coordinates: 56 ° 52 ′ 12 "  S , 11 ° 18 ′ 0"  E
diameter	66 km
depth	3490 m
Card sheet	127 (PDF)
Named after	Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804-1851)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Jacobi is an impact crater south of the lunar front , south of Cuvier crater, and northeast of Zach . The crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat, except for a group of smaller craters.

List of side craters of Jacobi

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	58.64 °  S , 16 °  E	26 km	[1]
B.	54.57 °  S , 13.9 °  E	13 km	[2]
C.	59.93 °  S , 10.46 °  E	35 km	[3]
D.	60.92 °  S , 10.53 °  E	22 km	[4]
E.	58.67 °  S , 11.6 °  E	29 km	[5]
F.	58.68 °  S , 9.49 °  E	41 km	[6]
G	58.53 °  S , 13.75 °  O	41 km	[7]
H	58.69 °  S , 10.55 °  E	10 km	[8th]
J	57.97 °  S , 10.28 °  E	19 km	[9]
K	56.98 °  S , 10.75 °  E	10 km	[10]
L.	55.48 °  S , 15.32 °  O	8 kilometers	[11]
M.	57.98 °  S , 12.19 °  E	9 km	[12]
N	56.55 °  S , 11.68 °  E	7 km	[13]
O	55.78 °  S , 11.82 °  O	15 km	[14]
P	57.46 °  S , 13.82 °  E	15 km	[15]
Q	55.87 °  S , 13.96 °  O	4 km	[16]
R.	55.48 °  S , 13.71 °  O	5 km	[17]
S.	57.6 °  S , 14.8 °  E	5 km	[18]
T	56.13 °  S , 15.19 °  E	6 km	[19]
U	55.12 °  S , 13.11 °  E	7 km	[20]
W.	56.23 °  S , 10.76 °  E	7 km	[21]
Z	59.15 °  S , 11.79 °  O	5 km	[22]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi .

Web links

• Jacobi in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Jacobi on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .