Schlueter (moon crater)
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| Schlüter and Hartwig ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 5.93 ° S , 83.39 ° W | |
| diameter | 88 km | |
| depth | 2980 m | |
| Card sheet | 73 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Heinrich Schlueter (1815–1844) | |
| Named since | 1964 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Schlüter is an impact crater on the western edge of the front of the moon , northwest of the Montes Cordillera . It is a large crater with pronounced terracing of the inner ramparts and a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 9.22 ° S , 82.54 ° W | 37 km | [1] |
| P | 0.08 ° N , 85.19 ° W | 21 km | [2] |
| S. | 7.89 ° S , 90.02 ° W | 12 km | [3] |
| U | 5.04 ° S , 89.98 ° W | 10 km | [4] |
| V | 4.42 ° S , 86.95 ° W | 12 km | [5] |
| X | 1.18 ° N , 88.28 ° W | 13 km | [6] |
| Z | 2.86 ° S , 83.82 ° W | 10 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1964 after the German astronomer Heinrich Schlueter .
Web links
- Schlueter in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Schlüter 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 .