Reichenbach (moon crater)

Reichenbach
Reichenbach ( LROC -WAC)
position	30.44 °  S , 47.95 °  E Coordinates: 30 ° 26 '24 "  S , 47 ° 57' 0"  E
diameter	63 km
depth	3200 m
Card sheet	97 (PDF)
Named after	Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach (1771–1826)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Reichenbach is an impact crater to the east of the lunar front , southwest of Mare Fecunditatis , east of Neander crater and northwest of Stevinus . The crater is very badly eroded, the interior is largely flat.

List of the secondary craters of Reichenbach

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	28.29 °  S , 48.86 °  E	34 km	[1]
B.	28.4 °  S , 48.09 °  E	43 km	[2]
C.	29.43 °  S , 43.91 °  O	25 km	[3]
D.	28.25 °  S , 44.69 °  O	34 km	[4]
F.	31.42 °  S , 48.24 °  E	13 km	[5]
G	31.78 °  S , 49.33 °  E	15 km	[6]
H	28.88 °  S , 49.59 °  E	11 km	[7]
J	30.64 °  S , 49.24 °  E	13 km	[8th]
K	28.91 °  S , 42.37 °  E	11 km	[9]
L.	30.61 °  S , 46.63 °  O	7 km	[10]
M.	33.06 °  S , 46.51 °  O	12 km	[11]
N	30.61 °  S , 43.92 °  E	13 km	[12]
P	32.1 °  S , 49.87 °  E	13 km	[13]
Q	32.44 °  S , 50.13 °  O	10 km	[14]
R.	27.03 °  S , 42.93 °  O	7 km	[15]
S.	27.16 °  S , 43.17 °  O	9 km	[16]
T	29.42 °  S , 45.7 °  E	62 km	[17]
U	32.7 °  S , 49.4 °  E	12 km	[18]
W.	30.75 °  S , 43.15 °  O	19 km	[19]
X	30.97 °  S , 43.93 °  O	11 km	[20]
Y	31.3 °  S , 43.64 °  O	15 km	[21]
Z	32.09 °  S , 45.96 °  O	14 km	[22]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German optician and inventor Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach .

Web links

• Reichenbach in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Reichenbach 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 .