Herigonius (moon crater)
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| Herigonius with Rimae Herigonius ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 13.36 ° S , 34 ° W | |
| diameter | 15 km | |
| depth | 2100 m | |
| Card sheet | 75 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Pierre Hérigone (1580–1643) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Herigonius is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum , northeast of Gassendi crater . The crater is little eroded, the rim irregular with a largely flat crater floor.
A ridge of the Dorsa Ewing runs north and the ridge system of the Rimae Herigonius runs to the west .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| E. | 13.84 ° S , 35.69 ° W | 7 km | [1] |
| F. | 15.48 ° S , 35.08 ° W | 5 km | [2] |
| G | 15.29 ° S , 32.5 ° W | 4 km | [3] |
| H | 17.13 ° S , 33.26 ° W | 4 km | [4] |
| K | 12.84 ° S , 36.49 ° W | 3 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named in 1935 by the IAU after Pierre Hérigone (1580–1643).
Web links
- Herigonius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Herigonius 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 .