Maurolycus (moon crater)
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| Maurolycus and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 41.87 ° S , 13.93 ° E | |
| diameter | 115 km | |
| depth | 4730 m | |
| Card sheet | 113 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Franciscus Maurolicus (1494–1575) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Maurolycus is an impact crater to the south of the front of the moon , east of Stöfler crater and northwest of Barocius . The rim of the crater is partly heavily eroded and terraced . The inside of the crater is largely flat and has a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 43.57 ° S , 14.1 ° E | 15 km | [1] |
| B. | 40.36 ° S , 11.7 ° E | 12 km | [2] |
| C. | 38.73 ° S , 10.71 ° E | 8 kilometers | [3] |
| D. | 39.14 ° S , 13.17 ° E | 44 km | [4] |
| E. | 38.44 ° S , 9.65 ° E | 7 km | [5] |
| F. | 40.7 ° S , 12.2 ° E | 26 km | [6] |
| G | 44.53 ° S , 11.46 ° E | 8 kilometers | [7] |
| H | 38.31 ° S , 10.33 ° E | 7 km | [8th] |
| J | 42.59 ° S , 13.9 ° E | 9 km | [9] |
| K | 40.04 ° S , 12.68 ° E | 9 km | [10] |
| L. | 42.13 ° S , 14.39 ° E | 6 km | [11] |
| M. | 41.96 ° S , 12.53 ° E | 11 km | [12] |
| N | 41.11 ° S , 13.97 ° E | 7 km | [13] |
| P | 38.16 ° S , 12.67 ° O | 5 km | [14] |
| R. | 40.92 ° S , 16.18 ° E | 5 km | [15] |
| S. | 42.1 ° S , 16.99 ° O | 7 km | [16] |
| T | 41.35 ° S , 11.39 ° E | 10 km | [17] |
| W. | 42.87 ° S , 15.1 ° E | 4 km | [18] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the polymath Franciscus Maurolicus .
Web links
- Maurolycus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Maurolycus 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 .