Metius (moon crater)
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| position | 40.43 ° S , 43.35 ° E | |
| diameter | 86 km | |
| depth | 4120 m | |
| Card sheet | 114 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Adriaan Metius (1571-1635) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Metius is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , northeast of the crater Fabricius and southwest of Rheita and the lunar valley Vallis Rheita, which extends in a southeast direction . The rim of the crater is moderately eroded, the interior largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 40.18 ° S , 44.37 ° E | 14 km | [1] |
| C. | 44.25 ° S , 49.05 ° E | 10 km | [2] |
| D. | 42.68 ° S , 48.44 ° O | 11 km | [3] |
| E. | 39.83 ° S , 42.83 ° O | 7 km | [4] |
| F. | 39.15 ° S , 42.72 ° O | 9 km | [5] |
| G | 40.39 ° S , 45.24 ° O | 10 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Dutch mathematician and astronomer Adriaan Metius .
Web links
- Metius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Metius on The-Moon Wiki
- Spektrum .de: amateur recording [7]
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .