Orontius (moon crater)
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| Orontius (middle left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 40.79 ° S , 4.54 ° W | |
| diameter | 93 km | |
| depth | 3370 m | |
| Card sheet | 112 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Oronce Fine (1494–1555) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Orontius is an impact crater south of the lunar front , south of Mare Nubium , northeast of Tycho crater and west of Nasireddin . The crater is very heavily eroded and the crater rim is superimposed several times (in the east of Huggins and in the west of Sasserides A ), which is why it is inconspicuous despite a diameter of over 90 kilometers.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 39.13 ° S , 2.71 ° W | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 39.95 ° S , 3.27 ° W | 11 km | [2] |
| C. | 37.97 ° S , 4.2 ° W | 15 km | [3] |
| D. | 39.41 ° S , 6.29 ° W | 14 km | [4] |
| E. | 39.59 ° S , 4.95 ° W | 6 km | [5] |
| F. | 39.29 ° S , 4.13 ° W | 41 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French mathematician and cartographer Oronce Fine .
Web links
- Orontius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Orontius 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 .