Santbech (moon crater)

Santbech
Santbech (bottom left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	20.97 °  S , 44.03 °  O coordinates: 20 ° 58 '12 "  S , 44 ° 1' 48"  O
diameter	62 km
depth	3680 m
Card sheet	97 (PDF)
Named after	Daniel Santbech (fl. 1561)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Santbech is an impact crater to the east of the front of the moon between Mare Nectaris and Mare Fecunditatis , southwest of Monge crater and northwest of Borda . The rim of the crater is eroded and has terracing , the interior is largely flat.

List of minor craters from Santbech

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	24.3 °  S , 42.28 °  E	24 km	[1]
B.	24.75 °  S , 41.56 °  O	16 km	[2]
C.	22.32 °  S , 39.47 °  O	17 km	[3]
D.	21.16 °  S , 45.08 °  E	8 kilometers	[4]
E.	22.47 °  S , 44.82 °  E	12 km	[5]
F.	25.63 °  S , 41.92 °  E	13 km	[6]
G	22.99 °  S , 44.4 °  E	5 km	[7]
H	20.49 °  S , 42.86 °  O	9 km	[8th]
J	19.75 °  S , 43.35 °  E	14 km	[9]
K	19.25 °  S , 43.1 °  E	9 km	[10]
L.	21.39 °  S , 39.44 °  E	7 km	[11]
M.	20.47 °  S , 39.34 °  O	11 km	[12]
N	20.84 °  S , 39.66 °  O	12 km	[13]
P	21.39 °  S , 40 °  E	9 km	[14]
Q	23.25 °  S , 38.95 °  O	13 km	[15]
R.	23.43 °  S , 38.72 °  E	6 km	[16]
S.	23.54 °  S , 39.05 °  E	10 km	[17]
T	24.15 °  S , 38.03 °  E	5 km	[18]
U	24.04 °  S , 38.81 °  O	9 km	[19]
V	24.7 °  S , 39.31 °  E	6 km	[20]
W.	24.4 °  S , 40.69 °  E	12 km	[21]
X	25.2 °  S , 42.45 °  O	7 km	[22]
Y	25.34 °  S , 42.92 °  E	8 kilometers	[23]
Z	25.88 °  S , 42.96 °  O	5 km	[24]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Daniel Santbech .

Web links

• Santbech in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Santbech on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .