Emperor (moon crater)

Emperor

Kaiser (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)

position

36.53 ° S , 6.45 ° O coordinates: 36 ° 31 '48 " S , 6 ° 27' 0" O

diameter

53 km

depth

1060 m

Card sheet

112 (PDF)

Named after

Frederik Kaiser (1808–1872)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

53.15

Kaiser is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , southeast of the Mare Nubium , north of the Stöfler crater and southeast of Walther . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.

List of secondary craters from Kaiser
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	36.4 ° S , 7.22 ° EMoon -36.4 7.22	20 km	[1]
B.	36.65 ° S , 5.46 ° EMoon -36.65 5.46	6 km	[2]
C.	36.6 ° S , 9.6 ° EMoon -36.6 9.6	12 km	[3]
D.	37.09 ° S , 7.3 ° OMoon -37.09 7.3	4 km	[4]
E.	34.95 ° S , 7.07 ° OMoon -34.95 7.07	5 km	[5]
R.	34.34 ° S , 7.09 ° OMoon -34.34 7:09	3 km	[6]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Dutch astronomer Frederik Kaiser .

Web links

Kaiser in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Kaiser 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 .

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