Pytheas (moon crater)
Pytheas | ||
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Pytheas with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 20.55 ° N , 20.6 ° W | |
diameter | 20 km | |
depth | 2540 m | |
Card sheet | 40 (PDF) | |
Named after | Pytheas | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Pytheas is an impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the Mare Imbrium plain , south of Lambert and southeast of Euler .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 20.45 ° N , 21.75 ° W | 6 km | [1] |
B. | 17.49 ° N , 19.4 ° W | 4 km | [2] |
C. | 18.81 ° N , 19.14 ° W | 4 km | [3] |
D. | 21.08 ° N , 20.56 ° W | 5 km | [4] |
E. | 18.13 ° N , 19.13 ° W | 4 km | [5] |
F. | 16.53 ° N , 19.15 ° W | 5 km | [6] |
G | 21.62 ° N , 17.74 ° W | 3 km | [7] |
H | 20.49 ° N , 16.54 ° W | 3 km | [8th] |
J | 21.61 ° N , 21.21 ° W | 3 km | [9] |
K | 19.9 ° N , 16.19 ° W | 2 km | [10] |
L. | 18.61 ° N , 16.89 ° W | 3 km | [11] |
M. | 19.89 ° N , 17.76 ° W | 3 km | [12] |
N | 22.55 ° N , 20.52 ° W | 3 km | [13] |
U | 21.77 ° N , 19.45 ° W | 3 km | [14] |
W. | 21.69 ° N , 23.73 ° W | 3 km | [15] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek geographer Pytheas .
Web links
- Pytheas in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Pytheas 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 .