Lohrmann (moon crater)
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| Lohrmann (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 0.44 ° S , 67.35 ° W | |
| diameter | 31 km | |
| depth | 1310 m | |
| Card sheet | 74 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann (1796–1840) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Lohrmann is an impact crater on the western front of the moon on the edge of Oceanus Procellarum , south of Hevelius crater and north of Grimaldi . The crater rim is irregular and eroded, the crater floor relatively flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 0.75 ° S , 62.76 ° W | 12 km | [1] |
| B. | 0.75 ° S , 69.52 ° W | 14 km | [2] |
| D. | 0.11 ° S , 65.24 ° W | 11 km | [3] |
| E. | 1.76 ° S , 67.54 ° W | 12 km | [4] |
| F. | 1.4 ° S , 69.2 ° W | 11 km | [5] |
| M. | 0.5 ° S , 68.98 ° W | 7 km | [6] |
| N | 0.62 ° S , 70.17 ° W | 8 kilometers | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German selenographer Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann .
Web links
- Lohrmann in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Lohrmann 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 .