Arzachel (moon crater)
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| Arzachel and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 18.27 ° S , 1.99 ° W | |
| diameter | 97 km | |
| depth | 3610 m | |
| Card sheet | 95 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Al-Zarqali (1029-1087) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Arzachel is an impact crater on the front of the moon east of Mare Nubium , south of Alphonsus crater and north of Purbach . The crater is located near the center of the moon . It has a diameter of 96 km and a depth of about 3,600 m. In the crater there is a central mountain approx. 1,500 m high.
Inside the crater there is a series of fractures, the Rimae Arzachel .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 18.07 ° S , 1.57 ° W | 9 km | [1] |
| B. | 17.07 ° S , 3.05 ° W | 8 kilometers | [2] |
| C. | 17.5 ° S , 3.76 ° W | 6 km | [3] |
| D. | 20.23 ° S , 2.18 ° W | 7 km | [4] |
| H | 18.69 ° S , 2.1 ° W | 4 km | [5] |
| K | 18.38 ° S , 1.68 ° W | 4 km | [6] |
| L. | 19.98 ° S , 0.08 ° O | 8 kilometers | [7] |
| M. | 20.66 ° S , 0.94 ° W | 3 km | [8th] |
| N | 20.43 ° S , 2.34 ° W | 3 km | [9] |
| T | 17.7 ° S , 1.37 ° W | 3 km | [10] |
| Y | 18.28 ° S , 4.33 ° W | 5 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Arab mathematician and astronomer Al-Zarqali .
Web links
- Arzachel in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Arzachel on The-Moon Wiki
- Arzachel crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
- Spektrum.de: Amateur recordings 1 , 2 , 3
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .