Plutarch (moon crater)

Plutarch
Plutarch and Seneca ( LROC -WAC)
position	24.12 °  N , 79 °  E Coordinates: 24 ° 7 '12 "  N , 79 ° 0' 0"  E
diameter	70 km
depth	4760 m
Card sheet	45 (PDF)
Named after	Plutarch
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Plutarch is an impact crater on the eastern edge of the front of the moon , so if at all, it is only visible from earth in a strongly distorted manner. It is located south of Seneca and southeast of Hahn . The crater wall is terraced and the interior has a central mountain .

List of minor craters from Plutarch

Letter	position	diameter	link
C.	23.15 °  N , 70.93 °  O	13 km	[1]
D.	24.36 °  N , 75.71 °  O	16 km	[2]
F.	23.49 °  N , 73.47 °  O	14 km	[3]
G	22.94 °  N , 74.84 °  O	16 km	[4]
H	24.31 °  N , 72.66 °  O	12 km	[5]
K	25.04 °  N , 72.56 °  O	15 km	[6]
L.	25.86 °  N , 71.62 °  O	9 km	[7]
M.	23.74 °  N , 77.61 °  O	12 km	[8th]
N	23.79 °  N , 76.7 °  E	14 km	[9]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek writer Plutarch .

Web links

• Plutarch in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Plutarch 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 .