Conon (moon crater)

Conon
Conon and Rima Conon ( LROC -WAC)
position	21.66 °  N , 1.95 °  E Coordinates: 21 ° 39 '36 "  N , 1 ° 57' 0"  E
diameter	21 km
depth	2930 m
Card sheet	41 (PDF)
Named after	Konon of Samos
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Conon is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the Montes Apenninus , west of the Galen crater and north of the Sinus Fidei , through which the approximately 37 km long Rima Conon moon groove runs in a north-south direction.

List of Conon's minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	19.66 °  N , 4.38 °  E	6 km	[1]
W.	18.7 °  N , 3.07 °  E	4 km	[2]
Y	22.33 °  N , 1.81 °  E	4 km	[3]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astronomer and mathematician Konon of Samos .

Web links

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