Phocylides (moon crater)
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| Phocylides ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 52.82 ° S , 57.25 ° W | |
| diameter | 115 km | |
| depth | 3000 m | |
| Card sheet | 124 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Johannes Phocylides Holwarda (1618–1651) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Phocylides is an impact crater on the southwestern edge of the lunar front , south of the great whale plain of the Schickard and southeast of Wargentin . Its northern part partially covers the nearby Nasmyth crater . The rim of the crater is eroded with traces of terracing , the interior is lava-filled and flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 54.59 ° S , 51.78 ° W | 19 km | [1] |
| B. | 53.79 ° S , 51.87 ° W | 9 km | [2] |
| C. | 50.98 ° S , 52.74 ° W | 46 km | [3] |
| D. | 53.21 ° S , 51.78 ° W | 7 km | [4] |
| E. | 55.51 ° S , 57.66 ° W | 31 km | [5] |
| F. | 54.76 ° S , 57.49 ° W | 25 km | [6] |
| G | 51.29 ° S , 50.96 ° W | 14 km | [7] |
| J | 54.05 ° S , 62.88 ° W | 21 km | [8th] |
| K | 52.29 ° S , 49.03 ° W | 14 km | [9] |
| KA | 52.12 ° S , 49.13 ° W | 12 km | [10] |
| KB | 51.82 ° S , 49.11 ° W | 13 km | [11] |
| L. | 56.83 ° S , 62.54 ° W | 10 km | [12] |
| M. | 55.45 ° S , 60.59 ° W | 10 km | [13] |
| N | 52.11 ° S , 55.6 ° W | 15 km | [14] |
| S. | 55.93 ° S , 59.93 ° W | 11 km | [15] |
| V | 56.55 ° S , 60.85 ° W | 8 kilometers | [16] |
| X | 50.52 ° S , 50.76 ° W | 9 km | [17] |
| Z | 50.08 ° S , 50.92 ° W | 8 kilometers | [18] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Frisian astronomer Johannes Phocylides Holwarda .
Web links
- Phocylides in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Phocylides 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 .