Schickard (moon crater)

Schickard
Schickard with side craters ( LROC -WAC)
position	44.36 °  S , 55.04 °  W Coordinates: 44 ° 21 '36 "  S , 55 ° 2' 24"  W.
diameter	208 km
Card sheet	110 (PDF)
Named after	Wilhelm Schickard (1592–1635).
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Location of the lunar crater Schickard on the edge of the moon

The Schickard lunar crater is a large whale plain , close to the southwestern edge of the lunar front . It was named after the German astronomer Wilhelm Schickard .

The mighty, almost circular whale plain is a little south of the Mare Humorum , northeast of the Wargentin crater . Seen from the earth, the whale plain is almost at the edge of the moon, which is why it appears distorted to an ellipse. Its bottom is smooth and partially covered with lava.

List of minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	46.89 °  S , 53.69 °  W	13 km	[1]
B.	43.75 °  S , 52.23 °  W	12 km	[2]
C.	45.87 °  S , 55.99 °  W	13 km	[3]
D.	45.78 °  S , 57.7 °  W	9 km	[4]
E.	47.3 °  S , 51.66 °  W	33 km	[5]
F.	48.02 °  S , 53.83 °  W	14 km	[6]
G	43.07 °  S , 58.97 °  W	12 km	[7]
H	43.55 °  S , 62.33 °  W	16 km	[8th]
J	45.04 °  S , 62.41 °  W	12 km	[9]
K	43.87 °  S , 63.89 °  W	15 km	[10]
L.	44.14 °  S , 59.77 °  W	9 km	[11]
M.	44.21 °  S , 58.97 °  W	9 km	[12]
N	41.3 °  S , 54.65 °  W	7 km	[13]
P	42.95 °  S , 48.51 °  W	94 km	[14]
Q	42.74 °  S , 53.03 °  W	6 km	[15]
R.	44.16 °  S , 53.81 °  W	5 km	[16]
S.	46.67 °  S , 56.8 °  W	16 km	[17]
T	44.81 °  S , 50.36 °  W	5 km	[18]
W.	45.15 °  S , 58.17 °  W	9 km	[19]
X	43.55 °  S , 51.25 °  W	8 kilometers	[20]
Y	47.46 °  S , 57.57 °  W	5 km	[21]

Web links

• Schickard in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Schickard on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [22] [23] [24]

Individual evidence

1. ^ Antonin Rükl: Moon, Mars, Venus , p.198. Dausien-Verlag, Hanau 1977