Small (moon crater)

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Small
Ptolemaeus + Alphonsus + Hipparchus + Albategnius - LROC - WAC.JPG
Klein with Albategnius and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Small (moon equatorial region)
Small
position 12.01 °  S , 2.48 °  E Coordinates: 12 ° 0 '36 "  S , 2 ° 28' 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

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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 .

List of minor craters from Klein
Letter position diameter link
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

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