Marinus (moon crater)
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| Marinus ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 39.41 ° S , 76.53 ° O | |
| diameter | 57 km | |
| depth | 2960 m | |
| Card sheet | 115 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Marinos of Tire | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Marinus is an impact crater on the southeastern edge of the lunar front , north of Oken crater and southwest of Harlan . The crater is moderately eroded, just inside. The southern edge is overlaid by the secondary crater Marinus G , and the almost equally large secondary craters B and R are immediately adjacent to the western and northwestern rim .
| Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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| A. | 39.94 ° S , 73.23 ° O | 27 km | [1] | |
| B. | 39.67 ° S , 74.62 ° O | 58 km | [2] | |
| C. | 38.07 ° S , 73.4 ° E | 37 km | [3] | |
| D. | Renamed Harlan | |||
| E. | 36.28 ° S , 76.79 ° E | 18 km | [4] | |
| F. | 41.43 ° S , 74.85 ° O | 19 km | [5] | |
| G | 40.45 ° S , 76.57 ° O | 24 km | [6] | |
| H | 40.19 ° S , 77.66 ° E | 16 km | [7] | |
| J | 39.61 ° S , 70.89 ° E | 11 km | [8th] | |
| M. | 37.41 ° S , 80.81 ° O | 28 km | [9] | |
| N | 37.54 ° S , 77.83 ° O | 14 km | [10] | |
| R. | 37.98 ° S , 75.46 ° O | 44 km | [11] | |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Phoenician geographer Marinos of Tire .
Web links
- Marinus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Marinus 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 .