Polybius (moon crater)
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| Polybius (middle right) with Rupes Altai ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 22.44 ° S , 25.61 ° O | |
| diameter | 41 km | |
| depth | 2050 m | |
| Card sheet | 96 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Polybios | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Polybius is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Nectaris , southwest of Beaumont crater and east of Fermat , east of Rupes Altai . The crater is heavily eroded, the crater floor relatively flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 23.06 ° S , 27.97 ° O | 16 km | [1] |
| B. | 25.59 ° S , 25.49 ° E | 12 km | [2] |
| C. | 22.11 ° S , 23.48 ° E | 27 km | [3] |
| D. | 26.91 ° S , 27.89 ° E | 8 kilometers | [4] |
| E. | 24.45 ° S , 26.15 ° E | 8 kilometers | [5] |
| F. | 22.34 ° S , 23.01 ° E | 21 km | [6] |
| G | 22.54 ° S , 22.67 ° E | 4 km | [7] |
| H | 21.24 ° S , 22.67 ° E | 8 kilometers | [8th] |
| J | 22.81 ° S , 23.46 ° E | 9 km | [9] |
| K | 24.39 ° S , 24.33 ° O | 15 km | [10] |
| L. | 22.03 ° S , 28.17 ° E | 6 km | [11] |
| M. | 21.42 ° S , 22.05 ° E | 5 km | [12] |
| N | 23.46 ° S , 26.75 ° E | 13 km | [13] |
| P | 21.59 ° S , 22.9 ° E | 15 km | [14] |
| Q | 25.14 ° S , 27.49 ° E | 6 km | [15] |
| R. | 25.64 ° S , 27.29 ° O | 7 km | [16] |
| T | 26.15 ° S , 25.42 ° E | 11 km | [17] |
| V | 25.24 ° S , 29.02 ° E | 5 km | [18] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek historian Polybios . Polybius is the English spelling of his name. An asteroid was also named after Polybios in 1996 : (6174) Polybius .
Web links
- Polybius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Polybius 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 .