Gravel (moon crater)
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position | 26.31 ° S , 22.65 ° 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.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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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
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .