Klaproth (moon crater)
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| position | 69.81 ° S , 26.66 ° W | |
| diameter | 110 km | |
| depth | 2770 m | |
| Card sheet | 137 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Klaproth is an impact crater in the extreme south of the lunar front side , immediately north of the Casatus crater , which overlaps part of the southern rim of the crater. The oval deformed crater rim is heavily eroded, the interior is largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 68.17 ° S , 21.96 ° W | 35 km | [1] |
| B. | 71.81 ° S , 24.09 ° W | 11 km | [2] |
| C. | 69.2 ° S , 19.72 ° W | 6 km | [3] |
| D. | 70.25 ° S , 21.15 ° W | 8 kilometers | [4] |
| G | 68.66 ° S , 31.55 ° W | 29 km | [5] |
| H | 69.2 ° S , 33.21 ° W | 44 km | [6] |
| L. | 70.11 ° S , 36.99 ° W | 11 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth .
Web links
- Klaproth in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Klaproth 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 .