Le Verrier (moon crater)
| Le Verrier | ||
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| Le Verrier and Helicon (left) with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 40.31 ° N , 20.61 ° W | |
| diameter | 21 km | |
| depth | 2100 m | |
| Card sheet | 24 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Urbain Le Verrier (1811–1877) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Le Verrier is a small impact crater in the northern part of the Mare Imbrium . To the west lies the Helicon crater and, further in a west-northwest direction, the bay of the Sinus Iridum, which is surrounded by mountains .
The bowl-shaped Le Verrier has a circular edge. There are traces of slippage along the upper edge of the inner walls. The inner wall and crater floor are more irregularly shaped on the southeast side than in the rest of the crater.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 38.16 ° N , 17.34 ° W | 4 km | [1] |
| B. | 40.17 ° N , 12.89 ° W | 5 km | [2] |
| D. | 39.72 ° N , 12.37 ° W | 9 km | [3] |
| E. | 42.4 ° N , 17.02 ° W | 7 km | [4] |
| S. | 38.95 ° N , 20.68 ° W | 3 km | [5] |
| T | 39.85 ° N , 20.74 ° W | 3 km | [6] |
| U | 37.24 ° N , 13.19 ° W | 4 km | [7] |
| V | 37.81 ° N , 14.3 ° W | 3 km | [8th] |
| W. | 39.37 ° N , 14 ° W | 3 km | [9] |
| X | 41.58 ° N , 12.17 ° W | 3 km | [10] |
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 278
Web links
- Le Verrier in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Le Verrier crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
