Mersenius (moon crater)
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position | 21.49 ° S , 49.34 ° W | |
diameter | 84 km | |
depth | 2860 m | |
Card sheet | 93 (PDF) | |
Named after | Marin Mersenne (1588-1648) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Mersenius is an impact crater on the western edge of the front of the moon , west of the Mare Humorum . The heavily eroded crater wall shows terracing, the interior of the crater is flat and traversed by fractures that belong to the ridge system of the Rimae Mersenius , the western main ridge of which begins east of Mersenius and runs in a north-easterly direction, to the west of Gassendi , near Gassendi G to end. The eastern, parallel main groove marks the edge of the Mare Humorum plain, continues the Rupes Liebig and ends at the wall of Gassendi.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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B. | 21.08 ° S , 51.66 ° W | 14 km | [1] |
C. | 19.77 ° S , 46 ° W | 14 km | [2] |
D. | 23.17 ° S , 46.81 ° W | 30 km | [3] |
E. | 22.52 ° S , 46.13 ° W | 10 km | [4] |
H | 22.53 ° S , 50.01 ° W | 15 km | [5] |
J | 21.01 ° S , 52.89 ° W | 6 km | [6] |
K | 21.26 ° S , 50.92 ° W | 6 km | [7] |
L. | 19.93 ° S , 48.4 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
M. | 21.34 ° S , 48.55 ° W | 5 km | [9] |
N | 22.13 ° S , 49.41 ° W | 3 km | [10] |
P | 20.03 ° S , 47.85 ° W | 39 km | [11] |
R. | 19.41 ° S , 47.68 ° W | 6 km | [12] |
S. | 19.24 ° S , 47.06 ° W | 16 km | [13] |
U | 23.02 ° S , 50.11 ° W | 5 km | [14] |
V | 22.95 ° S , 50.67 ° W | 4 km | [15] |
W. | 23.07 ° S , 50.96 ° W | 5 km | [16] |
X | 22.46 ° S , 47.98 ° W | 4 km | [17] |
Y | 22.69 ° S , 48.3 ° W | 4 km | [18] |
Z | 21.05 ° S , 50.74 ° W | 4 km | [19] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French mathematician Marin Mersenne .
Web links
- Mersenius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Mersenius 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 .