Rheita (moon crater)
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Rheita (top right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 37.1 ° S , 47.14 ° E | |
diameter | 71 km | |
depth | 2730 m | |
Card sheet | 114 (PDF) | |
Named after | Anton Maria Schyrleus de Rheita (c. 1604–1660) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Rheita is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , west of Furnerius crater and northeast of Metius . Southwest of Rheita, the 200 km long moon valley Vallis Rheita, named after the crater, runs in a north-westerly or south-easterly direction. The crater is moderately eroded, the interior is flat and has a central mountain .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 38.08 ° S , 50.03 ° E | 11 km | [1] |
B. | 39.13 ° S , 52.7 ° E | 19 km | [2] |
C. | 35.19 ° S , 44.22 ° E | 9 km | [3] |
D. | 39.07 ° S , 50.07 ° E | 6 km | [4] |
E. | 34.24 ° S , 48.92 ° O | 68 km | [5] |
F. | 35.41 ° S , 48.38 ° O | 13 km | [6] |
G | 40.63 ° S , 54.28 ° E | 14 km | [7] |
H | 39.83 ° S , 51.63 ° E | 7 km | [8th] |
L. | 37.71 ° S , 52.97 ° E | 11 km | [9] |
M. | 35.39 ° S , 50.05 ° E | 26 km | [10] |
N | 35.09 ° S , 49.39 ° O | 7 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German priest and astronomer Anton Maria Schyrleus de Rheita .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .