Scheiner (moon crater)

Scheiner
position	60.28 °  S , 27.95 °  W Coordinates: 60 ° 16 ′ 48 ″  S , 27 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  W.
diameter	110 km
depth	5070 m
Card sheet	125 (PDF)
Named after	Christoph Scheiner (1573–1650)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Scheiner is an impact crater on the front of the moon .

List of Scheiner's minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	60.46 °  S , 28.45 °  W	13 km	[1]
B.	59.7 °  S , 33.62 °  W	29 km	[2]
C.	60.1 °  S , 31.11 °  W	12 km	[3]
D.	60.72 °  S , 32.41 °  W	17 km	[4]
E.	63.29 °  S , 29.43 °  W	24 km	[5]
F.	56.87 °  S , 25.41 °  W	6 km	[6]
G	62.54 °  S , 28.46 °  W	14 km	[7]
H	56.33 °  S , 27.58 °  W	8 kilometers	[8th]
J	59.72 °  S , 29.01 °  W	11 km	[9]
K	58.04 °  S , 26.17 °  W	7 km	[10]
L.	65.86 °  S , 35.36 °  W	9 km	[11]
M.	65.78 °  S , 33.54 °  W	11 km	[12]
P	62.55 °  S , 31.24 °  W	13 km	[13]
Q	58.8 °  S , 29.04 °  W	9 km	[14]
R.	57.99 °  S , 24.4 °  W	8 kilometers	[15]
S.	58.37 °  S , 25.5 °  W	7 km	[16]
T	60.95 °  S , 35.02 °  W	10 km	[17]
U	60.96 °  S , 36.37 °  W	7 km	[18]
V	60.6 °  S , 37.08 °  W	7 km	[19]
W.	60.37 °  S , 37.71 °  W	7 km	[20]
X	59.58 °  S , 24.95 °  W	7 km	[21]
Y	59.14 °  S , 25.47 °  W	9 km	[22]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German Jesuit and astronomer Christoph Scheiner .

Web links

• Scheiner in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Scheiner 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 .