Réaumur (moon crater)
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| Réaumur and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 2.44 ° S , 0.75 ° E | |
| diameter | 51 km | |
| depth | 820 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Réaumur is an impact crater on the front of the Moon on the southern edge of Sinus Medii , east of Flammarion crater and northwest of Hipparchus . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded and partially disappeared. The interior is flooded by the lavas of the Sinus Medii and is therefore level.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 4.35 ° S , 0.18 ° O | 15 km | [1] |
| B. | 4.27 ° S , 0.8 ° E | 4 km | [2] |
| C. | 3.51 ° S , 0.17 ° E | 5 km | [3] |
| D. | 0.25 ° S , 2.74 ° E | 4 km | [4] |
| K | 3.84 ° S , 0.99 ° E | 7 km | [5] |
| R. | 3.52 ° S , 2.07 ° E | 13 km | [6] |
| W. | 3.27 ° S , 2.71 ° E | 3 km | [7] |
| X | 2.93 ° S , 0.67 ° W | 5 km | [8th] |
| Y | 1.29 ° S , 0.51 ° E | 3 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French naturalist René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur .
Web links
- Réaumur in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Réaumur 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 .