Small (moon crater)
Small | ||
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Klein with Albategnius and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 12.01 ° S , 2.48 ° E | |
diameter | 43 km | |
depth | 1460 m | |
Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
Named after | Hermann Joseph Klein (1844–1914) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Small is an impact crater on the front of the moon east of Mare Nubium , which overlays the southwestern rim of the larger Albategnius crater . The rim of the crater is eroded, the interior is flat and has a central mountain .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 11.41 ° S , 2.94 ° E | 9 km | [1] |
B. | 12.53 ° S , 1.74 ° E | 6 km | [2] |
C. | 12.58 ° S , 2.52 ° E | 5 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Hermann Joseph Klein .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .