Pythagoras (moon crater)
Pythagoras | ||
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Pythagoras with side craters (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 63.73 ° N , 62.94 ° W | |
diameter | 145 km | |
depth | 5250 m | |
Card sheet | 10 (PDF) | |
Named after | Pythagoras | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Pythagoras is a large impact crater on the Moon on the northwestern edge of the Moon's front , southeast of Carpenter Crater . Pythagoras shows a pronounced, terraced wall and has a central mountain with several peaks. The depth is given as 5250 m. An elevation profile of the Kaguya probe revealed a crater depth of 4200 to 4800 m and a height of the Central Mountain range of 3000 m.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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B. | 66.02 ° N , 73.31 ° W | 17 km | [1] |
D. | 64.51 ° N , 72.33 ° W | 29 km | [2] |
G | 67.78 ° N , 75.74 ° W | 15 km | [3] |
H | 67.12 ° N , 73.73 ° W | 18 km | [4] |
K | 67.34 ° N , 75.81 ° W | 12 km | [5] |
L. | 67.3 ° N , 78.01 ° W | 11 km | [6] |
M. | 67.37 ° N , 80.52 ° W | 9 km | [7] |
N | 66.58 ° N , 78.55 ° W | 13 km | [8th] |
P | 65.34 ° N , 75.58 ° W | 10 km | [9] |
S. | 67.74 ° N , 65.01 ° W | 7 km | [10] |
T | 62.48 ° N , 51.64 ° W | 6 km | [11] |
W. | 63.2 ° N , 49.34 ° W | 4 km | [12] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek philosopher Pythagoras .
Web links
- Pythagoras in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Pythagoras on The-moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .
- ↑ Hiroshi Araki, Seiichi Tazawa, Hirotomo Noda and others. a .: Present Status and Preliminary Results of the Lunar Topography by KAGUYA-LALT Mission. In: Lunar and Planetary Science , Vol. 34 (2008), ISSN 0197-274X PDF