Reiner (moon crater)

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Purer
Marius + Reiner - LROC - WAC.JPG
Reiner, Reiner Gamma and Marius ( LROC -WAC)
Reiner (moon equatorial region)
Purer
position 6.91 °  N , 54.96 °  W Coordinates: 6 ° 54 '36 "  N , 54 ° 57' 36"  W.
diameter 29 km
depth 2960 m
Card sheet 56 (PDF)
Named after Vincentio Reinieri († 1648).
Named since 1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Reiner is an impact crater on the western front of the moon in the plane of Oceanus Procellarum . It lies east of Cavalerius and southwest of Marius . The edge is sharp and hardly eroded. The interior has a central mountain . West of Reiner is Reiner Gamma , an area with a remarkably high albedo .

List of secondary craters by Reiner
Letter position diameter link
A. 5.11 °  N , 51.5 °  W 10 km [1]
C. 3.49 °  N , 51.51 °  W 7 km [2]
E. 1.88 °  N , 49.63 °  W 4 km [3]
G 3.21 °  N , 54.33 °  W 3 km [4]
H 9.09 °  N , 54.76 °  W 8 kilometers [5]
K 8.09 °  N , 53.98 °  W 3 km [6]
L. 7.96 °  N , 54.65 °  W 5 km [7]
M. 8.61 °  N , 56.24 °  W 3 km [8th]
N 5.35 °  N , 57.59 °  W 4 km [9]
Q 1.36 °  N , 50.91 °  W 3 km [10]
R. 3.66 °  N , 55.67 °  W 46 km [11]
S. 2.24 °  N , 50.82 °  W 4 km [12]
T 3.67 °  N , 52.3 °  W 3 km [13]
U 4.09 °  N , 52.56 °  W 3 km [14]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian astronomer and mathematician Vincentio Reinieri .

Web links

Individual evidence

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