Luther (moon crater)

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Luther
Rimae Daniell - LROC - WAC.JPG
Luther with side craters and Rimae Daniell ( LROC -WAC)
Luther (moon equatorial region)
Luther
position 33.18 °  N , 24.13 °  E Coordinates: 33 ° 10 '48 "  N , 24 ° 7' 48"  E
diameter 9 km
depth 1900 m
Card sheet 26 (PDF)
Named after Karl Theodor Robert Luther (1822–1900)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Luther is a small impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon in the plain of the Mare Serenitatis , west of the great whale plain of Posidonius . The crater is bowl-shaped and little eroded. The extensive system of grooves in the Rimae Daniell extends north of Luther .

List of minor craters from Luther
Letter position diameter link
H 36.03 °  N , 22.78 °  O 7 km [1]
K 37.48 °  N , 23.32 °  O 4 km [2]
X 36.17 °  N , 24.34 °  E 4 km [3]
Y 38.12 °  N , 24.39 °  E 4 km [4]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Karl Theodor Robert Luther .

Web links

  • Luther in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Luther 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 .