Neumayer (moon crater)
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| position | 71.24 ° S , 70.78 ° O | |
| diameter | 80 km | |
| depth | 3770 m | |
| Card sheet | 139 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Neumayer is an impact crater in the extreme southeast of the moon front , southeast of the Helmholtz crater and northwest of Hale . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 75.09 ° S , 73.81 ° O | 34 km | [1] |
| M. | 71.74 ° S , 80.2 ° O | 35 km | [2] |
| N | 70.55 ° S , 78.31 ° O | 39 km | [3] |
| P | 70.59 ° S , 83.38 ° O | 24 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German geophysicist and polar researcher Georg von Neumayer .
Web links
- Neumayer in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Neumayer 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 .