Olbers (moon crater)

Olbers
position	7.3 °  N , 76.14 °  W Coordinates: 7 ° 18 '0 "  N , 76 ° 8' 24"  W.
diameter	73 km
depth	1940 m
Card sheet	55 (PDF)
Named after	Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers (1758-1840).
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Olbers is an impact crater on the westernmost edge of the front of the moon , so, if at all, it is only visible from Earth in a strongly distorted manner. The rim of the crater is very badly eroded and largely leveled.

List of minor craters from Olbers

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	Renamed to Glushko
B.	6.81 °  N , 74.19 °  W	16 km	[1]
D.	10.18 °  N , 77.98 °  W	100 km	[2]
G	8.39 °  N , 74.64 °  W	9 km	[3]
H	8.67 °  N , 74.52 °  W	7 km	[4]
K	6.84 °  N , 78.21 °  W	24 km	[5]
M.	8 °  N , 81.14 °  W	40 km	[6]
N	8.98 °  N , 79.77 °  W	21 km	[7]
S.	6.83 °  N , 76.7 °  W	19 km	[8th]
V	9.12 °  N , 73.08 °  W	6 km	[9]
W.	5.88 °  N , 81.56 °  W	18 km	[10]
Y	6.43 °  N , 83.68 °  W	21 km	[11]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers .

Web links

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