Rosenberger (moon crater)
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| position | 55.59 ° S , 43.08 ° O | |
| diameter | 92 km | |
| depth | 3240 m | |
| Card sheet | 128 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Otto August Rosenberger (1800–1890) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Rosenberger is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , southeast of the Vlacq crater and west of Biela . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded and overlaid by the Rosenberger D secondary crater in the south . The interior is largely flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 53.64 ° S , 47.12 ° E | 48 km | [1] |
| B. | 52.08 ° S , 46.21 ° E | 34 km | [2] |
| C. | 52.28 ° S , 42.17 ° O | 47 km | [3] |
| D. | 57.61 ° S , 43 ° E | 49 km | [4] |
| E. | 59.45 ° S , 43.15 ° O | 11 km | [5] |
| F. | 56.1 ° S , 40.57 ° O | 6 km | [6] |
| G | 54.02 ° S , 41.48 ° O | 10 km | [7] |
| H | 54.98 ° S , 46.44 ° E | 12 km | [8th] |
| J | 53.03 ° S , 43.27 ° E | 20 km | [9] |
| K | 54.54 ° S , 47.57 ° E | 18 km | [10] |
| L. | 52.71 ° S , 44.65 ° O | 8 kilometers | [11] |
| N | 54.49 ° S , 44.12 ° O | 8 kilometers | [12] |
| S. | 56.04 ° S , 42.63 ° O | 15 km | [13] |
| T | 56.73 ° S , 43.19 ° O | 8 kilometers | [14] |
| W. | 58.86 ° S , 42.65 ° O | 31 km | [15] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer and mathematician Otto August Rosenberger .
Web links
- Rosenberger in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Rosenberger 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 .