Neander (moon crater)

Neander
Neander ( LROC -WAC)
position	31.38 °  S , 39.9 °  E Coordinates: 31 ° 22 ′ 48 ″  S , 39 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  E
diameter	49 km
depth	3400 m
Card sheet	97 (PDF)
Type	TRI
Named after	Michael Neander (1529–1581)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Neander is an impact crater to the east of the front of the moon , southeast of Mare Nectaris , southwest of Reichenbach crater and southeast of Piccolomini . The crater is irregularly shaped, moderately eroded and has concentric structures and a central mountain inside .

List of minor craters from Neander

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	30.98 °  S , 39.58 °  O	11 km	[1]
B.	28.28 °  S , 40.07 °  E	9 km	[2]
C.	28.7 °  S , 35.93 °  O	17 km	[3]
D.	26.59 °  S , 42.4 °  E	11 km	[4]
E.	29.9 °  S , 40.69 °  E	25 km	[5]
F.	32.14 °  S , 37.83 °  O	18 km	[6]
G	33.44 °  S , 43.83 °  E	18 km	[7]
H	33.09 °  S , 42.46 °  O	13 km	[8th]
J	34.06 °  S , 43.45 °  O	14 km	[9]
K	35.04 °  S , 39.76 °  E	14 km	[10]
L.	31.48 °  S , 41.8 °  E	21 km	[11]
M.	34.9 °  S , 37.66 °  E	9 km	[12]
N	32.5 °  S , 37.25 °  E	15 km	[13]
O	35.67 °  S , 38.94 °  E	12 km	[14]
P	28.46 °  S , 41.06 °  O	5 km	[15]
Q	28.93 °  S , 41.45 °  O	6 km	[16]
R.	33.33 °  S , 38.55 °  E	12 km	[17]
S.	32.02 °  S , 42.12 °  O	12 km	[18]
T	29.97 °  S , 38.4 °  E	9 km	[19]
V	31.27 °  S , 38.06 °  E	5 km	[20]
W.	32.32 °  S , 38.43 °  O	7 km	[21]
X	33.07 °  S , 37.75 °  E	8 kilometers	[22]
Y	34.61 °  S , 38.15 °  O	8 kilometers	[23]
Z	33.85 °  S , 41.95 °  O	6 km	[24]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German mathematician, philologist and physician Michael Neander .

Web links

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