Marius (moon crater)

Marius
Marius, Reiner and secondary crater ( LROC -WAC)
position	11.88 °  N , 50.81 °  W Coordinates: 11 ° 52 '48 "  N , 50 ° 48' 36"  W.
diameter	40 km
depth	1500 m
Card sheet	56 (PDF)
Named after	Simon Marius (1573-1625)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Marius captured by Apollo 12

Marius is an impact crater on the western front of the moon in the plane of Oceanus Procellarum . It is northeast of the Reiner crater and northwest of Kepler . The crater wall is hardly eroded and shows terracing. The inside is flat.

The Rima Marius runs north .

List of minor craters from Marius

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	12.58 °  N , 46.05 °  W	15 km	[1]
B.	16.32 °  N , 47.34 °  W	11 km	[2]
C.	13.97 °  N , 47.64 °  W	11 km	[3]
D.	11.39 °  N , 45.06 °  W	9 km	[4]
E.	12.12 °  N , 52.71 °  W	6 km	[5]
F.	12.1 °  N , 45.3 °  W	6 km	[6]
G	12.08 °  N , 50.59 °  W	3 km	[7]
H	11.28 °  N , 50.4 °  W	5 km	[8th]
J	10.44 °  N , 46.91 °  W	3 km	[9]
K	9.39 °  N , 50.7 °  W	4 km	[10]
L.	15.86 °  N , 55.7 °  W	7 km	[11]
M.	17.37 °  N , 55.01 °  W	6 km	[12]
N	18.71 °  N , 54.73 °  W	4 km	[13]
P	17.89 °  N , 51.34 °  W	4 km	[14]
Q	16.49 °  N , 56.27 °  W	5 km	[15]
R.	13.59 °  N , 50.29 °  W	6 km	[16]
S.	13.8 °  N , 47.13 °  W	6 km	[17]
U	9.54 °  N , 47.7 °  W	2 km	[18]
V	9.86 °  N , 48.31 °  W	2 km	[19]
W.	9.39 °  N , 49.73 °  W	3 km	[20]
X	9.72 °  N , 54.99 °  W	5 km	[21]
Y	9.77 °  N , 50.77 °  W	2 km	[22]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Simon Marius .

Web links

• Marius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Marius on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [23]

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .