Lilius (moon crater)

Lilius
Lilius with side craters ( LROC -WAC)
position	54.62 °  S , 6.09 °  O coordinates: 54 ° 37 '12 "  S , 6 ° 5' 24"  O
diameter	61 km
depth	3680 m
Card sheet	126 (PDF)
Named after	Aloisius Lilius (approx. 1510–1574)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Lilius is an impact crater to the south of the front of the moon , southeast of Maginus crater and northwest of Jacobi . The rim of the crater is eroded, the inside with a central mountain .

List of side craters of Lilius

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	55.46 °  S , 8.7 °  E	40 km	[1]
B.	53.04 °  S , 3.69 °  E	29 km	[2]
C.	54.43 °  S , 3.24 °  E	35 km	[3]
D.	50.68 °  S , 2.82 °  E	56 km	[4]
E.	50.23 °  S , 2.78 °  E	38 km	[5]
F.	49.4 °  S , 1.53 °  E	43 km	[6]
G	50.14 °  S , 0.55 °  E	7 km	[7]
H	50.55 °  S , 0.64 °  E	8 kilometers	[8th]
J	56.41 °  S , 1.64 °  O	12 km	[9]
K	53.64 °  S , 2.07 °  E	22 km	[10]
L.	54.95 °  S , 2.29 °  O	7 km	[11]
M.	56.3 °  S , 2.75 °  E	9 km	[12]
N	49.07 °  S , 2.6 °  E	5 km	[13]
O	55.52 °  S , 3.45 °  E	7 km	[14]
P	55.98 °  S , 3.68 °  E	4 km	[15]
R.	54.73 °  S , 4.24 °  E	9 km	[16]
S.	52.79 °  S , 5.72 °  E	14 km	[17]
T	55.93 °  S , 7.3 °  E	5 km	[18]
U	53.63 °  S , 7.51 °  E	8 kilometers	[19]
W.	53.82 °  S , 8.25 °  E	9 km	[20]
X	53.64 °  S , 9.76 °  E	4 km	[21]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian physician Aloisius Lilius .

Web links

• Lilius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Lilius on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .