Lehmann (moon crater)
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position | 39.97 ° S , 56.13 ° W | |
diameter | 54 km | |
depth | 1290 m | |
Card sheet | 110 (PDF) | |
Named after | Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800–1863) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Lehmann is an impact crater on the western edge of the front of the moon , immediately north of the edge of the Schickard whale plain . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat. An opening in the southern rim of the crater connects the interior of the crater to the crater level of the Schickard.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 39.52 ° S , 53.84 ° W | 30 km | [1] |
C. | 35.57 ° S , 50.17 ° W | 15 km | [2] |
D. | 39.56 ° S , 57.49 ° W | 12 km | [3] |
E. | 37.46 ° S , 54.95 ° W | 45 km | [4] |
H | 41.03 ° S , 58.71 ° W | 14 km | [5] |
K | 36.44 ° S , 50.53 ° W | 5 km | [6] |
L. | 36.42 ° S , 52.03 ° W | 6 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann .
Web links
- Lehmann in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lehmann 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 .