Lassell (moon crater)
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| Lassell (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 15.49 ° S , 7.95 ° W | |
| diameter | 23 km | |
| depth | 900 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | William Lassell (1799-1880) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lassell is a small impact crater in the eastern part of the Mare Nubium . It is located west of Alpetragius crater and southwest of Alphonsus large crater .
The crater was flooded by lava , which left a nearly flat surface. From this the low original crater rim protrudes. This edge is generally circular, but has a more polygonal appearance. The crater floor has a low albedo , which makes the crater interior appear dark.
East-northeast of Lassell is a circular, bowl-shaped crater called 'Lassell B'. This has a higher albedo than its surroundings and therefore appears relatively bright, especially when the sun is high.
The small crater 'Lassell D' lies in a west-northwest direction halfway to the ruins of the Guericke crater . This mini-crater is surrounded by a high albedo area and provides an example of a noticeable bright spot on the Earth's moon .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 16.8 ° S , 6.94 ° W | 2 km | [1] |
| B. | 16.24 ° S , 7.76 ° W | 3 km | [2] |
| C. | 14.69 ° S , 9.41 ° W | 9 km | [3] |
| D. | 14.61 ° S , 10.54 ° W | 2 km | [4] |
| E. | 18.24 ° S , 10.28 ° W | 5 km | [5] |
| F. | 17.16 ° S , 12.54 ° W | 5 km | [6] |
| G | 14.87 ° S , 9.06 ° W | 6 km | [7] |
| H | 14.55 ° S , 11.32 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
| J | 14.8 ° S , 10.53 ° W | 3 km | [9] |
| K | 15.09 ° S , 9 ° W | 5 km | [10] |
| M. | 14.23 ° S , 8.85 ° W | 3 km | [11] |
| S. | 18.31 ° S , 8.62 ° W | 3 km | [12] |
| T | 17.09 ° S , 8.88 ° W | 2 km | [13] |
Web links
- Lassell in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lassell on The-Moon Wiki
- Lassell crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .