Hyginus (moon crater)
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| Hyginus and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 7.75 ° N , 6.27 ° E | |
| diameter | 9 km | |
| depth | 780 m | |
| Card sheet | 59 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Gaius Iulius Hyginus (64 BC − 17 AD) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Hyginus is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the border between Sinus Medii and Mare Vaporum , northeast of the Triesnecker crater and northwest of Agrippa . The relatively small crater lies roughly in the middle of the Rima Hyginus moon groove , which is otherwise largely straight. The crater floor is level.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 6.3 ° N , 5.65 ° E | 8 kilometers | [1] |
| B. | 7.6 ° N , 5.05 ° E | 5 km | [2] |
| C. | 7.67 ° N , 8.3 ° E | 4 km | [3] |
| D. | 11.39 ° N , 4.32 ° O | 5 km | [4] |
| E. | 8.74 ° N , 8.51 ° E | 4 km | [5] |
| F. | 7.98 ° N , 8.6 ° E | 4 km | [6] |
| G | 10.96 ° N , 5.91 ° O | 4 km | [7] |
| H | 5.93 ° N , 7 ° E | 4 km | [8th] |
| N | 10.54 ° N , 7.42 ° E | 11 km | [9] |
| S. | 6.41 ° N , 8.02 ° E | 24 km | [10] |
| W. | 9.61 ° N , 7.73 ° E | 21 km | [11] |
| Z | 8.03 ° N , 9.38 ° E | 21 km | [12] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Roman scholar Gaius Iulius Hyginus .
Web links
- Hyginus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Hyginus 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 .