Pontanus (moon crater)

Pontanus
position	28.48 °  S , 14.34 °  E Coordinates: 28 ° 28 ′ 48 ″  S , 14 ° 20 ′ 24 ″  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.

List of minor craters from Pontanus

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

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