Romans (moon craters)

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Romans
Sinus Amoris + Lacus Bonitatis - LROC - WAC.JPG
Römer (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
Romans (moon equatorial region)
Romans
position 25.38 °  N , 36.42 °  E Coordinates: 25 ° 22 '48 "  N , 36 ° 25' 12"  E
diameter 41 km
depth 3500 m
Card sheet 43 (PDF)
Named after Ole Rømer (1644-1710)
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Römer is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon on the northern edge of the Sinus Amoris , east of Le Monnier and west of Macrobius . The crater wall is terraced and shows traces of extensive landslides. The interior has a central mountain .

To the west of the crater, the lunar groove structure of the Rimae Römer run in a north-westerly direction.

List of side craters from Römer
Letter position diameter link
A. 28.11 °  N , 37.13 °  O 35 km [1]
B. 28.52 °  N , 38.09 °  E 23 km [2]
C. 27.63 °  N , 37.05 °  O 7 km [3]
D. 24.51 °  N , 35.81 °  O 12 km [4]
E. 28.47 °  N , 39.19 °  O 31 km [5]
F. 27.19 °  N , 37.25 °  E 23 km [6]
G 26.82 °  N , 36.24 °  O 15 km [7]
H 25.94 °  N , 35.72 °  O 6 km [8th]
J 22.36 °  N , 37.95 °  O 8 kilometers [9]
M. 25.29 °  N , 34.61 °  O 9 km [10]
N 25.22 °  N , 37.86 °  E 28 km [11]
P 26.54 °  N , 39.81 °  O 59 km [12]
R. 24.19 °  N , 34.51 °  O 48 km [13]
S. 24.88 °  N , 36.78 °  E 43 km [14]
T 23.82 °  N , 36.18 °  O 48 km [15]
U 24.28 °  N , 39.16 °  O 27 km [16]
V 24.39 °  N , 38.68 °  E 27 km [17]
W. 26.41 °  N , 40.4 °  E 7 km [18]
X 24.26 °  N , 40.15 °  O 24 km [19]
Y 25.72 °  N , 36.31 °  O 6 km [20]
Z 24.11 °  N , 37 °  E 11 km [21]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Danish astronomer Ole Rømer .

Web links

  • Römer in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  • Romans on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .