Rust (moon crater)
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position | 56.42 ° S , 33.93 ° W | |
diameter | 47 km | |
depth | 2460 m | |
Card sheet | 125 (PDF) | |
Named after | Johann Leonhard Rost (1688–1727) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Rost is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , southeast of the Schiller crater and northwest of Scheiner . The crater appears deepened in a plateau, the crater rim only moderately eroded and the crater floor level.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 56.6 ° S , 36.91 ° W | 44 km | [1] |
B. | 54.69 ° S , 36.35 ° W | 20 km | [2] |
D. | 56.63 ° S , 31.05 ° W | 31 km | [3] |
M. | 55.5 ° S , 31.61 ° W | 27 km | [4] |
N | 57.29 ° S , 33.31 ° W | 6 km | [5] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Johann Leonhard Rost .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .