Kircher (moon crater)
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| Kircher ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 66.98 ° S , 45.5 ° W | |
| diameter | 71 km | |
| depth | 4400 m | |
| Card sheet | 136 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Athanasius Kircher (1602–1680) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Kircher is an impact crater in the extreme southwest of the front of the moon , south of Bettinus crater and northwest of Klaproth . The rim of the crater is moderately eroded, the interior largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 65.9 ° S , 42.48 ° W | 31 km | [1] |
| B. | 65.05 ° S , 43.32 ° W | 12 km | [2] |
| C. | 66.87 ° S , 37.77 ° W | 12 km | [3] |
| D. | 67.45 ° S , 49.99 ° W | 39 km | [4] |
| E. | 69.07 ° S , 50.45 ° W | 18 km | [5] |
| F. | 66.14 ° S , 39.34 ° W | 14 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German Jesuit and polymath Athanasius Kircher .
Web links
- Kircher in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Kircher 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 .