Bode (moon crater)
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| Photo: Lunar Orbiter 4 | ||
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| position | 6.69 ° N , 2.47 ° W | |
| diameter | 18 km | |
| depth | 3480 m | |
| Card sheet | 59 (PDF) | |
| Type | BIO | |
| Named after | Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Bode is a relatively small impact crater on the front of the moon between Sinuis Aestuum and Sinus Medii , northwest of Pallas . The crater is bowl-shaped with a flat bottom. To the east of it is a system of lunar grooves , the Rimae Bode .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 8.98 ° N , 1.2 ° W | 12 km | [1] |
| B. | 8.72 ° N , 3.11 ° W | 10 km | [2] |
| C. | 12.22 ° N , 4.78 ° W | 7 km | [3] |
| D. | 7.26 ° N , 3.36 ° W | 4 km | [4] |
| E. | 12.42 ° N , 3.45 ° W | 6 km | [5] |
| G | 6.33 ° N , 3.59 ° W | 4 km | [6] |
| H | 12.21 ° N , 6.54 ° W | 4 km | [7] |
| K | 9.29 ° N , 2.31 ° W | 6 km | [8th] |
| L. | 5.62 ° N , 3.83 ° W | 4 km | [9] |
| N | 10.97 ° N , 3.88 ° W | 6 km | [10] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode .
Web links
Commons : Bode - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .