Messala (moon crater)

Messala

Messala with side craters ( LROC -WAC)

position

39.29 ° N , 60.07 ° O coordinates: 39 ° 17 '24 " N , 60 ° 4' 12" O

diameter

122 km

depth

2070 m

Card sheet

28 (PDF)

Named after

Māschā'allāh ibn Atharī (before 762 - approx. 815)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Messala is a large impact crater on the northeastern edge of the lunar front . It is located northeast of Geminus and south of Schumacher . The crater wall is badly eroded.

List of the secondary craters of Messala
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	36.53 ° N , 53.79 ° OMoon 36.53 53.79	25 km	[1]
B.	37.34 ° N , 59.77 ° OMoon 37.34 59.77	17 km	[2]
C.	40.99 ° N , 65.81 ° OMoon 40.99 65.81	11 km	[3]
D.	40.49 ° N , 67.83 ° OMoon 40.49 67.83	28 km	[4]
E.	39.95 ° N , 64.92 ° OMoon 39.95 64.92	40 km	[5]
F.	38.82 ° N , 64.37 ° EMoon 38.82 64.37	33 km	[6]
G	39.05 ° N , 68.86 ° OMoon 39.05 68.86	31 km	[7]
J	41.1 ° N , 61.16 ° OMoon 41.1 61.16	14 km	[8th]
K	40.85 ° N , 58.72 ° OMoon 40.85 58.72	25 km	[9]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Jewish astronomer and astrologer Māschā'allāh ibn Atharī .

Web links

Messala in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Messala 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 .

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