Moltke (moon crater)

Moltke
Moltke, in the background Rimae Hypatia (photo taken by Apollo 10 )
position	0.6 °  S , 24.15 °  E Coordinates: 0 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  S , 24 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  E
diameter	6 km
depth	1300 m
Card sheet	78 (PDF)
Type	ALC
Named after	Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800-1891)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Moltke is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon on the southern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis , east of Delambre crater and northwest of Torricelli .

The lunar grooves of the Rimae Hypatia run north of Moltke .

List of Moltke's secondary craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	1.06 °  S , 23.14 °  E	4 km	[1]
B.	1.06 °  S , 25.18 °  E	4 km	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Prussian General Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke .

Web links

• Moltke in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Moltke on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

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