Kant (moon crater)
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| Zöllner crater (top left) and Kant (bottom center), taken by Apollo 16 ( NASA photo) | ||
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| position | 10.63 ° S , 20.17 ° E | |
| diameter | 31 km | |
| Card sheet | 78 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Kant is a small impact crater northwest of the conspicuous Cyrillus crater and the comparably large Ibn Rushd crater . In the northwest lies the Zöllner crater and in the east the Mons Penck promontory rises to a height of four kilometers .
Kant has a clearly delimited and somewhat uneven edge of roughly circular shape. The inner walls show a higher albedo than the surroundings. Parts of it have slipped towards the floor and form an irregular surface structure. A low central elevation rises up in the center of the crater interior.
It was named after the German philosopher Immanuel Kant .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 9.75 ° S , 18.56 ° E | 16 km | [1] |
| C. | 9.44 ° S , 22.07 ° E | 20 km | [2] |
| D. | 11.4 ° S , 18.62 ° E | 52 km | [3] |
| G | 9.26 ° S , 19.53 ° E | 27 km | [4] |
| H | 9.17 ° S , 20.79 ° E | 7 km | [5] |
| N | 9.93 ° S , 19.7 ° E | 10 km | [6] |
| O | 12.03 ° S , 17.13 ° E | 7 km | [7] |
| P | 10.84 ° S , 17.33 ° O | 5 km | [8th] |
| Q | 13.07 ° S , 18.71 ° E | 5 km | [9] |
| S. | 11.57 ° S , 19.7 ° E | 4 km | [10] |
| T | 11.32 ° S , 20.07 ° E | 4 km | [11] |
| Z | 10.41 ° S , 17.29 ° E | 3 km | [12] |
Web links
- Kant in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Kant crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
