Protagoras (moon crater)
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| Protagoras bottom right, southeast of Archytas ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 56.01 ° N , 7.31 ° E | |
| diameter | 22 km | |
| depth | 2600 m | |
| Card sheet | 12 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Protagoras (approx. 485–415 BC) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Protagoras is a relatively small impact crater that lies in the Mare Frigoris plain southeast of the Archytas crater on the front of the moon .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 56.42 ° N , 5.68 ° E | 4 km | [1] |
| E. | 49.52 ° N , 0.52 ° O | 6 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek philosopher Protagoras .
Web links
- Protagoras in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Protagoras 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 .
