Rhaeticus (moon crater)
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| position | 0.08 ° N , 4.89 ° E | |
| diameter | 45 km | |
| depth | 1200 m | |
| Card sheet | 59 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Georg Joachim Rhaeticus (1514–1576) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Rhaeticus is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the southern edge of the Sinus Medii , south of the Triesnecker crater . The rim of the crater is badly eroded, the inside uneven.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 1.71 ° N , 5.15 ° E | 11 km | [1] |
| B. | 1.59 ° N , 6.78 ° E | 6 km | [2] |
| D. | 0.84 ° N , 6.15 ° E | 6 km | [3] |
| E. | 0.11 ° S , 5.9 ° O | 5 km | [4] |
| F. | 0.12 ° S , 6.41 ° E | 18 km | [5] |
| G | 0.97 ° N , 6.38 ° E | 6 km | [6] |
| H | 1.02 ° S , 5.32 ° E | 6 km | [7] |
| J | 0.71 ° S , 3.15 ° E | 3 km | [8th] |
| L. | 0.15 ° N , 3.49 ° O | 14 km | [9] |
| M. | 0.99 ° N , 3.8 ° E | 7 km | [10] |
| N | 1.17 ° N , 4.19 ° O | 12 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German mathematician and astronomer Georg Joachim Rhaeticus .
Web links
- Rhaeticus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Rhaeticus 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 .