Petermann (moon crater)
Petermann | ||
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Petermann and Cusanus with side craters (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 74.37 ° N , 67.74 ° O | |
diameter | 73 km | |
depth | 3330 m | |
Card sheet | 5 (PDF) | |
Named after | August Petermann (1822–1878) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Petermann is an impact crater on the northeastern edge of the front of the moon . It lies north of the Cusanus crater and east of Baillaud (moon crater) . On the west by Petermann then there is the much larger but highly eroded craters Petermann R . Petermann's crater walls are somewhat eroded and still show terraces. The crater floor is flat without a central mountain .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 74.8 ° N , 87.64 ° O | 20 km | [1] |
B. | 72.77 ° N , 63.86 ° O | 10 km | [2] |
C. | 71.5 ° N , 57.25 ° O | 13 km | [3] |
D. | 77.11 ° N , 66.11 ° O | 30 km | [4] |
E. | 72.46 ° N , 53.17 ° O | 15 km | [5] |
R. | 74.82 ° N , 55.5 ° E | 118 km | [6] |
S. | 75.29 ° N , 61.94 ° O | 9 km | [7] |
X | 75 ° N , 76.13 ° O | 9 km | [8th] |
Y | 75.7 ° N , 85.6 ° E | 11 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German geographer August Petermann . The name was introduced by Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt .
Web links
- Petermann in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Petermann on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ Ewen A. Whitaker: Mapping and Naming the Moon. A History of Lunar Cartography and Nomenclature. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2003, ISBN 0-521-54414-9 , p. 224.