Nonius (moon crater)
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| Nonius and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 34.93 ° S , 3.71 ° E | |
| diameter | 71 km | |
| depth | 2990 m | |
| Card sheet | 112 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Pedro Nunes (1502–1578) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Nonius is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , southeast of Mare Nubium , north of Fernelius crater and southeast of Walter , the edge of which it touches. The crater is very badly eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 35.41 ° S , 5.47 ° E | 10 km | [1] |
| B. | 35.88 ° S , 1.96 ° E | 24 km | [2] |
| C. | 35.47 ° S , 1.03 ° E | 7 km | [3] |
| D. | 35.58 ° S , 1.59 ° E | 5 km | [4] |
| F. | 35.93 ° S , 3.66 ° O | 7 km | [5] |
| G | 34.78 ° S , 5.6 ° E | 5 km | [6] |
| K | 33.72 ° S , 3.83 ° E | 17 km | [7] |
| L. | 33.51 ° S , 3.45 ° E | 31 km | [8th] |
| Q | 35.95 ° S , 4.14 ° O | 6 km | [9] |
| R. | 35.98 ° S , 3.27 ° E | 9 km | [10] |
| S. | 34.85 ° S , 4.13 ° E | 4 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Portuguese mathematician Pedro Nunes .
Web links
- Nonius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Vernier 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 .