Schiller (moon crater)

Schiller
Schiller and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	51.75 °  S , 39.83 °  W Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  S , 39 ° 49 ′ 48 ″  W.
diameter	179 km
depth	2500 m
Card sheet	125 (PDF)
Named after	Julius Schiller († 1627)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Schiller is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , east of Phocylides crater and northwest of Clavius . Schiller has a peculiar, elongated-oval shape, with the longitudinal axis pointing to the northwest (in the approximate direction of the Mare Orientale ). At the northern end there is an elongated, comb-like elevation, otherwise the crater floor is largely flat.

List of Schiller's minor craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	47.17 °  S , 37.73 °  W	11 km	[1]
B.	48.88 °  S , 39.17 °  W	17 km	[2]
C.	55.36 °  S , 49.29 °  W	45 km	[3]
D.	55.05 °  S , 49.33 °  W	9 km	[4]
E.	54.59 °  S , 48.79 °  W	8 kilometers	[5]
F.	50.66 °  S , 43.01 °  W	13 km	[6]
G	51.23 °  S , 38.34 °  W	9 km	[7]
H	50.63 °  S , 37.69 °  W	72 km	[8th]
J	49.65 °  S , 36.75 °  W	8 kilometers	[9]
K	46.7 °  S , 38.81 °  W	10 km	[10]
L.	47.12 °  S , 40.26 °  W	10 km	[11]
M.	48.22 °  S , 41.29 °  W	9 km	[12]
N	53.62 °  S , 42.03 °  W	6 km	[13]
P	53.58 °  S , 43.68 °  W	6 km	[14]
R.	52.25 °  S , 45.87 °  W	8 kilometers	[15]
S.	54.97 °  S , 40.37 °  W	22 km	[16]
T	50.73 °  S , 41.33 °  W	7 km	[17]
W.	54.51 °  S , 41.11 °  W	16 km	[18]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Julius Schiller .

Web links

• Schiller in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Schiller on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [19] [20]

Individual evidence

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