Nöggerath (moon crater)
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| Nöggerath (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 48.85 ° S , 45.84 ° W | |
| diameter | 34 km | |
| depth | 1940 m | |
| Card sheet | 125 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Johann Jacob Nöggerath (1788–1877) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Nöggerath is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , southeast of the great whale plain of the Schickard , northeast of Schiller . The moderately eroded crater is deepened in a plateau, the interior of the crater is flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 47.91 ° S , 43.53 ° W | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 47.01 ° S , 43.58 ° W | 5 km | [2] |
| C. | 45.83 ° S , 43.22 ° W | 14 km | [3] |
| D. | 47.27 ° S , 41.66 ° W | 15 km | [4] |
| E. | 45.2 ° S , 43.92 ° W | 7 km | [5] |
| F. | 48.06 ° S , 46.96 ° W | 9 km | [6] |
| G | 50.29 ° S , 45.95 ° W | 21 km | [7] |
| H | 49.54 ° S , 48.03 ° W | 27 km | [8th] |
| J | 48.48 ° S , 48 ° W | 17 km | [9] |
| K | 44.96 ° S , 46.4 ° W | 4 km | [10] |
| L. | 45.2 ° S , 47.31 ° W | 5 km | [11] |
| M. | 44.07 ° S , 46.66 ° W | 12 km | [12] |
| P | 47.7 ° S , 41.96 ° W | 9 km | [13] |
| S. | 44.43 ° S , 46.28 ° W | 7 km | [14] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German geologist Johann Jacob Nöggerath .
Web links
- Nöggerath in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Nöggerath 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 .