Ark (moon crater)
| Ark | ||
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| position | 1.39 ° S , 9.99 ° E | |
| diameter | 58 km | |
| depth | 820 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Heinrich Eduard von Lade (1817–1904) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Ark is an impact crater on the front of the Moon southwest of Sinus Medii , south of Godin crater and northeast of Saunders . The crater is badly eroded. The southern part of the wall is almost leveled.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 0.21 ° S , 12.74 ° E | 58 km | [1] |
| B. | 0.05 ° N , 9.79 ° O | 23 km | [2] |
| D. | 0.91 ° S , 13.67 ° E | 15 km | [3] |
| E. | 1.89 ° S , 12.91 ° E | 20 km | [4] |
| M. | 1.12 ° S , 9.36 ° E | 11 km | [5] |
| S. | 1.34 ° S , 8.21 ° E | 24 km | [6] |
| T | 1.09 ° S , 8.92 ° E | 20 km | [7] |
| U | 0.13 ° S , 9.45 ° O | 3 km | [8th] |
| V | 0.22 ° S , 9 ° E | 3 km | [9] |
| W. | 0.25 ° N , 8.6 ° E | 4 km | [10] |
| X | 1.72 ° S , 11 ° E | 3 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German amateur astronomer Heinrich Eduard von Lade .
Web links
- Download in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Download on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ RJ Pike: Crater dimensions from Apollo data and supplemental sources. In: The Moon. Vol. 15, 1976, ISSN 0027-0903 , pp. 463-477, doi : 10.1007 / BF00562253 .