Maestlin (moon crater)
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| Maestlin and Rimae Maestlin ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 4.88 ° N , 40.72 ° W | |
| diameter | 7 km | |
| depth | 1650 m | |
| Card sheet | 57 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Michael Maestlin (1550-1631) | |
| Named since | 1961 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Maestlin is a small, bowl-shaped moon crater near the eastern edge of Oceanus Procellarum . To the east is the Encke crater and to the northeast is the Kepler crater . Southeast of Maestlin lie the remains of Maestlin R .
A system of lunar grooves , the Rimae Maestlin, runs south-west in the radial direction to the crater .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| G | 1.95 ° N , 42.2 ° W | 3 km | [1] |
| H | 4.62 ° N , 43.57 ° W | 7 km | [2] |
| R. | 3.48 ° N , 41.48 ° W | 60 km | [3] |
Web links
- Maestlin in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Maestlin 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 .