Oppolzer (moon crater)
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| position | 1.52 ° S , 0.46 ° W | |
| diameter | 41 km | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Theodor von Oppolzer (1841–1886) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Oppolzer is the remainder of a lunar crater on the southern edge of Sinus Medii , at the prime meridian of the moon . The impact crater was named by the IAU in 1935 after the Austrian astronomer Theodor von Oppolzer .
The crater has an average diameter of 40 km. Its position in the central area of the moon side facing the earth has the selenographic coordinates 1 ° 30 'S / 0 ° 30' W. At its southeastern crater rim is the crater Réaumur and in the west-southwest the lava-flooded whale plain Flammarion named after Camille Flammarion .
The 110 km long Rima Oppolzer moon groove cuts through the southern part of the crater floor.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 0.49 ° S , 0.37 ° W | 3 km | [1] |
| K | 1.73 ° S , 0.4 ° W | 3 km | [2] |