Hansteen (moon crater)
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| position | 11.53 ° S , 52.01 ° W | |
| diameter | 45 km | |
| depth | 1390 m | |
| Card sheet | 74 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hansteen is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum , northwest of Billy crater . The rim of the crater is only slightly eroded, and the ground is furrowed with the characteristics of a broken bottom crater .
To the west of the crater, the Rima Hansteen moon groove runs parallel to the crater rim and to the southeast is the elevation of Mons Hansteen .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 12.76 ° S , 52.23 ° W | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 12.74 ° S , 52.65 ° W | 5 km | [2] |
| E. | 10.62 ° S , 50.58 ° W | 28 km | [3] |
| K | 13.91 ° S , 53.4 ° W | 3 km | [4] |
| L. | 13.57 ° S , 53.14 ° W | 3 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Norwegian astronomer Christopher Hansteen .
literature
- BR Hawke, DJ Lawrence, DT Blewitt, et al .: Hansteen Alpha: A volcanic construct in the lunar highlands. In: Journal of Geophysical Research Vol. 108 (2003), p. 5069, doi : 10.1029 / 2002JE002013 , bibcode : 2003JGRE..108.5069H
Web links
- Hansteen in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hansteen 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 .