Oken (moon crater)
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position | 43.84 ° S , 76.06 ° O | |
diameter | 79 km | |
depth | 2550 m | |
Card sheet | 115 (PDF) | |
Named after | Lorenz Oken (1779-1851) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Oken is an impact crater on the southeastern edge of the moon's front , southeast of Furnerius crater and south of Humboldt . The crater rim is little eroded, the interior is flooded by lava and flat.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 43.33 ° S , 71.39 ° O | 35 km | [1] |
E. | 46.24 ° S , 79.22 ° O | 12 km | [2] |
F. | 44.53 ° S , 71.37 ° O | 23 km | [3] |
L. | 42.82 ° S , 78.08 ° O | 9 km | [4] |
M. | 41.81 ° S , 75.45 ° O | 8 kilometers | [5] |
N | 42.59 ° S , 74.6 ° E | 38 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German naturalist Lorenz Oken .
Web links
Commons : Oken (moon crater) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .