Phillips (moon crater)
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| Phillips (center left) and surroundings ( LROC- WAC) | ||
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| position | 26.59 ° S , 75.6 ° E | |
| diameter | 104 km | |
| depth | 3200 m | |
| Card sheet | 99 (PDF) | |
| Named after | John Phillips (1800-1874) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Phillips is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , southeast of Mare Fecunditatis , east of the large Humboldt crater , on whose edge it is directly connected. The crater is very badly eroded and the inside is uneven.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 27.14 ° S , 73.57 ° O | 15 km | [1] |
| B. | 23.2 ° S , 70.53 ° E | 41 km | [2] |
| C. | 26.51 ° S , 71.12 ° E | 8 kilometers | [3] |
| D. | 25.03 ° S , 70.75 ° O | 62 km | [4] |
| E. | 25.6 ° S , 68.1 ° E | 10 km | [5] |
| F. | 25.09 ° S , 68.8 ° O | 12 km | [6] |
| G | 24.55 ° S , 68.69 ° O | 8 kilometers | [7] |
| H | 25-26 ° S , 71.29 ° O | 8 kilometers | [8th] |
| W. | 25.15 ° S , 72.35 ° O | 62 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British geologist and astronomer John Phillips .
Web links
- Phillips in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Phillips on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernest H. Cherrington: Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes. Dover Publications, New York NY 1969 (also: ibid. 1984, ISBN 0-486-24491-1 ).