Reimarus (moon crater)
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| Raimarus ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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| position | 47.75 ° S , 60.43 ° O | |
| diameter | 48 km | |
| depth | 3050 m | |
| Card sheet | 115 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Nicolaus Reimers (1551–1600) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Reimarus is an impact crater on the southeastern edge of the front of the moon , east of the double crater Steinheil / Watt and southwest of Vega , slightly north of the edge of Vallis Rheita . The crater is heavily eroded, the interior largely flat, apart from one further impact.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 48.85 ° S , 59.93 ° E | 29 km | [1] |
| B. | 49.48 ° S , 60.43 ° O | 19 km | [2] |
| C. | 50.22 ° S , 59.46 ° E | 12 km | [3] |
| F. | 49.51 ° S , 58.67 ° O | 7 km | [4] |
| H | 49.27 ° S , 62.19 ° O | 11 km | [5] |
| R. | 47.66 ° S , 64 ° E | 33 km | [6] |
| S. | 47.87 ° S , 62.8 ° E | 10 km | [7] |
| T | 48.37 ° S , 63.39 ° E | 27 km | [8th] |
| U | 48.57 ° S , 62.29 ° O | 22 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German mathematician Nicolaus Reimers .
Web links
- Reimarus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Reimarus 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 .