Sömmering (moon crater)
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| position | 0.19 ° N , 7.54 ° W | |
| diameter | 28 km | |
| depth | 1320 m | |
| Card sheet | 59 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring (1755-1830) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Sömmering is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the western edge of the Sinus Medii , northwest of the Mösting crater and south of Schröter . The crater is badly eroded and there are two large openings in the wall to the north and south. The interior is flooded by the lavas of the mare (lunar) level and accordingly level.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 1.09 ° N , 11.14 ° W | 3 km | [1] |
| P | 2.12 ° N , 10.37 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
| R. | 1.86 ° N , 9.89 ° W | 17 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring .
Web links
- Sömmering in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Sömmering 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 .