Lansberg (moon crater)
| Lansberg | ||
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| position | 0.31 ° S , 26.66 ° W | |
| diameter | 40 km | |
| depth | 2750 m | |
| Card sheet | 76 (PDF) | |
| Type | TRI | |
| Named after | Johan Philip Lansberg (1561-1632) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lansberg is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the Mare Insularum plain , southwest of the Reinhold crater and northwest of Fra Mauro . The rim of the crater is irregular, the interior has concentric structures and a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 0.17 ° N , 31.18 ° W | 8 kilometers | [1] |
| B. | 2.49 ° S , 28.18 ° W | 9 km | [2] |
| C. | 1.47 ° S , 29.24 ° W | 17 km | [3] |
| D. | 3.02 ° S , 30.67 ° W | 11 km | [4] |
| E. | 1.85 ° S , 30.38 ° W | 5 km | [5] |
| F. | 2.2 ° S , 30.81 ° W | 9 km | [6] |
| G | 0.64 ° S , 29.51 ° W | 10 km | [7] |
| L. | 3.56 ° S , 26.45 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
| N | 1.92 ° S , 26.48 ° W | 3 km | [9] |
| P | 2.38 ° S , 23.07 ° W | 2 km | [10] |
| X | 1.18 ° N , 27.9 ° W | 3 km | [11] |
| Y | 0.69 ° N , 28.23 ° W | 4 km | [12] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Dutch astronomer Johan Philip Lansberg .
Web links
- Lansberg in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lansberg 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 .