Warrior (moon crater)

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warrior
Warriors - LROC - WAC.JPG
Warriors and Surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Warrior (moon equatorial region)
warrior
position 29.01 °  N , 45.6 °  W Coordinates: 29 ° 0 '36 "  N , 45 ° 36' 0"  W.
diameter 23 km
depth 950 m
Card sheet 39 (PDF)
Named after Johann Nepomuk Krieger (1865–1902)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Krieger is an impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum . It is located northwest of the great Aristarchus ray crater . From its northwestern edge goes a north-west running moon groove , the Rima warriors . The southern edge is covered by the smaller Van Biesbroeck crater . The rim of the crater is irregular and somewhat eroded.

List of side craters from Krieger
Letter position diameter link
C. 27.72 °  N , 44.7 °  W 4 km [1]
D. Renamed to Rocco

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German draftsman and selenographer Johann Nepomuk Krieger .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .