Gravel (moon crater)

gravel
position	26.31 °  S , 22.65 °  W Coordinates: 26 ° 18 ′ 36 "  S , 22 ° 39 ′ 0"  W
diameter	45 km
depth	390 m
Card sheet	94 (PDF)
Named after	Johann Kies (1713–1781)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Kies is an impact crater in the southwest of the front of the moon in the Mare Nubium plain , northeast of the Mercator crater and southeast of König . The crater is largely flooded by the lavas of the Mare , so that only a remnant of the crater ring is visible.

List of minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	28.35 °  S , 22.82 °  W	16 km	[1]
B.	28.79 °  S , 22 °  W	9 km	[2]
C.	26.08 °  S , 26.23 °  W	5 km	[3]
D.	24.94 °  S , 18.61 °  W	6 km	[4]
E.	28.78 °  S , 22.91 °  W	6 km	[5]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Johann Kies .

Web links

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