Prince (moon crater)
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| Prince with the craters Herodotus and Aristarchus ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 25.49 ° N , 44.14 ° W | |
| diameter | 46 km | |
| depth | 1020 m | |
| Card sheet | 39 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Wilhelm Prinz (1857–1910) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Prinz is an impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon . It is located northeast of the prominent Aristarchus ray crater in the plain of Oceanus Procellarum .
The rim of the crater is largely flooded. Only the north-eastern part has been preserved. In the north is the ridge system of the Rimae Prinz . To the northeast lie the Montes Harbinger .
| Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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| A. | Renamed Vera | |||
| B. | Renamed to Ivan | |||
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German-Belgian geologist and selenographer Wilhelm Prinz .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .
Prince in the foreground (photo from Apollo 15 )