Kästner (moon crater)
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| position | 6.77 ° S , 78.91 ° O | |
| diameter | 113 km | |
| depth | 3200 m | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719–1800) | |
| Named since | 1961 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Kästner is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , southwest of Mare Smythii , southeast of Gilbert crater and northeast of La Pérouse . The crater rim is eroded, the crater floor largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 4.47 ° S , 77.24 ° O | 24 km | [1] |
| B. | 6.23 ° S , 80.73 ° O | 19 km | [2] |
| C. | 7.94 ° S , 76.89 ° O | 22 km | [3] |
| E. | 8.04 ° S , 77.59 ° O | 12 km | [4] |
| G | 3.66 ° S , 79.25 ° O | 96 km | [5] |
| R. | 6.89 ° S , 82.18 ° O | 17 km | [6] |
| S. | 7.93 ° S , 83.06 ° O | 30 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1961 after the German mathematician Abraham Gotthelf Kästner .
Web links
- Kästner in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Kästner 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 .