Pliny (moon crater)

Pliny
Pliny with Promontorium Archerusia
position	15.34 °  N , 23.65 °  E Coordinates: 15 ° 20 '24 "  N , 23 ° 39' 0"  E
diameter	43 km
depth	3070 m
Card sheet	60 (PDF)
Named after	Pliny the Elder
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Pliny is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis in the south. To the northwest of Pliny the Montes Haemus end in the foothills of the Promontorium Archerusia . A system of lunar grooves , the Rimae Plinius , run from there in a northeastern direction.

The crater has pronounced terracing and a central mountain inside.

List of minor craters from Pliny

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	12.98 °  N , 24.16 °  E	4 km	[1]
B.	14.09 °  N , 26.27 °  E	7 km	[2]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder .

Web links

• Pliny in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Pliny on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .