Neper (moon crater)
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| position | 8.7 ° N , 84.6 ° E | |
| diameter | 144 km | |
| depth | 3970 m | |
| Card sheet | 63 (PDF) | |
| Type | TYC | |
| Named after | John Napier (1550-1617) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Neper is a large impact crater on the far eastern edge of the lunar front , south of Mare Marginis and north of Mare Smythii . The crater has pronounced terracing of the wall and a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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| D. | 9.24 ° N , 80.92 ° O | 41 km | [1] | |
| G | Renamed Virchow (moon crater) | |||
| H | 10.41 ° N , 78.34 ° O | 11 km | [2] | |
| K | Renamed to Tacchini (moon crater) | |||
| Q | 8.08 ° N , 83.15 ° O | 15 km | [3] | |
The crater was officially named in 1935 by the International Astronomical Union after the British mathematician John Napier , using the Latinized form of his name that was common among scholars during his lifetime.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .