Pontanus (moon crater)
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position | 28.48 ° S , 14.34 ° E | |
diameter | 56 km | |
depth | 1800 m | |
Card sheet | 96 (PDF) | |
Named after | Giovanni Pontano (1429–1503) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Pontanus is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Nectaris , east of Apianus crater and south of Sacrobosco . The crater is very badly eroded and the inside is uneven.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 31.18 ° S , 15.23 ° E | 9 km | [1] |
B. | 30.89 ° S , 15.77 ° E | 13 km | [2] |
C. | 30.12 ° S , 15.4 ° O | 23 km | [3] |
D. | 25.94 ° S , 13.17 ° O | 20 km | [4] |
E. | 25.24 ° S , 13.24 ° E | 13 km | [5] |
F. | 27.93 ° S , 11.53 ° O | 10 km | [6] |
G | 30.65 ° S , 15.16 ° E | 20 km | [7] |
H | 31.59 ° S , 16.06 ° E | 30 km | [8th] |
J | 30.13 ° S , 13.08 ° E | 9 km | [9] |
K | 25.78 ° S , 12.59 ° E | 9 km | [10] |
L. | 28.67 ° S , 13.39 ° O | 6 km | [11] |
M. | 29.69 ° S , 14.05 ° O | 5 km | [12] |
N | 24.71 ° S , 13.79 ° O | 10 km | [13] |
O | 26.11 ° S , 14.05 ° E | 10 km | [14] |
P | 29.99 ° S , 14.66 ° E | 4 km | [15] |
Q | 27.44 ° S , 14.36 ° E | 5 km | [16] |
R. | 28.23 ° S , 15.55 ° E | 6 km | [17] |
S. | 31.57 ° S , 16.74 ° E | 6 km | [18] |
T | 29.3 ° S , 16.5 ° E | 7 km | [19] |
U | 29.53 ° S , 17.45 ° E | 5 km | [20] |
V | 29.24 ° S , 13.07 ° E | 34 km | [21] |
W. | 29.18 ° S , 17.51 ° E | 7 km | [22] |
X | 28.51 ° S , 15.68 ° E | 12 km | [23] |
Y | 28.74 ° S , 17.23 ° E | 24 km | [24] |
Z | 27.91 ° S , 12.76 ° E | 4 km | [25] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian humanist Giovanni Pontano .
Web links
- Pontanus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Pontanus 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 .