Ritchey (moon crater)
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| position | 11.14 ° S , 8.45 ° E | |
| diameter | 24 km | |
| depth | 1400 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | George Willis Ritchey (1864-1945) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Ritchey is an impact crater on the front of the Moon east of Mare Nubium , east of Albategnius crater and northwest of Abulfeda . The crater itself is moderately eroded with a flat bottom, but the northwestern edge is covered by other impacts.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 11.35 ° S , 7.71 ° E | 5 km | [1] |
| B. | 12 ° S , 8.9 ° E | 7 km | [2] |
| C. | 10.97 ° S , 9.14 ° E | 5 km | [3] |
| D. | 10.28 ° S , 9.18 ° E | 6 km | [4] |
| E. | 10.74 ° S , 8.29 ° E | 13 km | [5] |
| F. | 10.53 ° S , 7.62 ° E | 4 km | [6] |
| J | 12.43 ° S , 9.8 ° E | 13 km | [7] |
| M. | 12.4 ° S , 9.44 ° E | 8 kilometers | [8th] |
| N | 11.16 ° S , 9.95 ° E | 17 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the US telescope designer and astronomer George Willis Ritchey .
Web links
- Ritchey in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Ritchey 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 .