Magelhaens (moon crater)
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| Magelhaens (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 12.01 ° S , 44.05 ° E | |
| diameter | 37 km | |
| depth | 1700 m | |
| Card sheet | 79 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Magelhaens is an impact crater on the southwestern bank of the Mare Fecunditatis in the eastern part of the moon front . It is located south-southwest of the Goclenius crater about halfway between the Gutenberg craters in the northwest and Colombo in the southeast.
The outer edge of Magelhaens is narrow and irregular and only very distantly circular. The hardly smaller satellite crater 'Magelhaens A' adjoins the south-eastern side. The interior of the crater is flooded by basaltic lava , which gives the crater floor the same dark color as the mare in the northeast. In addition, it forms a flat surface with no special features.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 12.73 ° S , 44.95 ° E | 30 km | [1] |
Individual evidence
- ^ John Edward Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 , p. 279
Web links
- Magelhaens in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Magelhaens on The-Moon Wiki
- Magelhaens crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
