Rothmann (moon crater)
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| position | 30.84 ° S , 27.72 ° O | |
| diameter | 43 km | |
| depth | 4220 m | |
| Card sheet | 96 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Christoph Rothmann (* between 1550 and 1560, † probably around 1600) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Rothmann is an impact crater on the front of the moon southwest of the Mare Nectaris , southwest of the Piccolomini crater and northeast of Lindenau , west of the Rupes Altai . The crater rim is irregularly shaped and little eroded, the inside is uneven and has concentric structures.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 29.49 ° S , 27.6 ° O | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 31.83 ° S , 28.4 ° E | 21 km | [2] |
| C. | 28.67 ° S , 25 ° O | 18 km | [3] |
| D. | 29.01 ° S , 22.77 ° O | 13 km | [4] |
| E. | 32.97 ° S , 29.19 ° E | 10 km | [5] |
| F. | 29.21 ° S , 28 ° E | 5 km | [6] |
| G | 28.55 ° S , 24.45 ° E | 92 km | [7] |
| H | 29.19 ° S , 25.38 ° E | 11 km | [8th] |
| J | 29.41 ° S , 25.7 ° E | 7 km | [9] |
| K | 28.88 ° S , 24.34 ° E | 5 km | [10] |
| L. | 29.26 ° S , 28.71 ° O | 13 km | [11] |
| M. | 31.24 ° S , 29.84 ° E | 15 km | [12] |
| W. | 30.89 ° S , 26.55 ° E | 10 km | [13] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German mathematician and astronomer Christoph Rothmann .
Web links
- Rothmann in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Rothmann 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 .