Posidonius (moon crater)
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| Posidonius with side craters and Chacornac ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 31.89 ° N , 29.96 ° O | |
| diameter | 101 km | |
| depth | 1370 m | |
| Card sheet | 42 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Poseidonios | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Posidonius is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon on the edge of the Mare Serenitatis . To the southeast of it lies the somewhat smaller Chacornac crater , to the north the Lacus Somniorum and the Daniell crater .
The rim of the crater is irregular and scalloped, the interior is flooded by the lavas of the Mare Serenitatis and has a system of groove structures , the Rimae Posidonius .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 31.66 ° N , 29.5 ° E | 11 km | [1] |
| B. | 33.14 ° N , 31 ° E | 14 km | [2] |
| C. | 31.11 ° N , 29.67 ° E | 3 km | [3] |
| E. | 30.53 ° N , 19.69 ° E | 3 km | [4] |
| F. | 32.81 ° N , 27.12 ° E | 6 km | [5] |
| G | 34.79 ° N , 27.2 ° E | 5 km | [6] |
| J | 33.75 ° N , 30.77 ° O | 23 km | [7] |
| M. | 34.33 ° N , 29.99 ° O | 9 km | [8th] |
| N | 29.68 ° N , 21.02 ° E | 6 km | [9] |
| P | 33.58 ° N , 27.54 ° E | 15 km | [10] |
| W. | 31.64 ° N , 20.12 ° O | 3 km | [11] |
| Y | 30.01 ° N , 24.89 ° O | 2 km | [12] |
| Z | 30.74 ° N , 22.94 ° E | 6 km | [13] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek philosopher Poseidonios .
Web links
- Posidonius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Posidonius on The-Moon Wiki
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [14] [15]
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .