Olbers (moon crater)
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position | 7.3 ° N , 76.14 ° 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.
Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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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
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .