Schomberger (moon crater)

Schomberger
Schomberger ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
position	76.6 °  S , 24.59 °  O coordinates: 76 ° 36 '0 "  S , 24 ° 35' 24"  O
diameter	88 km
depth	5760 m
Card sheet	138 (PDF)
Named after	Georg Schönberger (1595–1645)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Schomberger is an impact crater in the extreme south of the front of the moon , south of Manzinus crater and southwest of Boguslawsky . The crater rim is moderately eroded, the interior shows concentric structures and a central mountain .

List of side craters from Schomberger

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	78.61 °  S , 23.35 °  E	29 km	[1]
C.	77.18 °  S , 14.99 °  O	39 km	[2]
D.	73.39 °  S , 24.13 °  O	23 km	[3]
F.	79.99 °  S , 19.82 °  O	10 km	[4]
G	77.01 °  S , 7.31 °  E	18 km	[5]
H	77.27 °  S , 3.53 °  O	16 km	[6]
J	78.99 °  S , 19.26 °  O	7 km	[7]
K	79.28 °  S , 13.4 °  O	9 km	[8th]
L.	80.68 °  S , 17.21 °  O	16 km	[9]
X	75.13 °  S , 34.4 °  O	9 km	[10]
Y	74.45 °  S , 28.47 °  O	19 km	[11]
Z	73.58 °  S , 27.14 °  O	6 km	[12]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German Jesuit and mathematician Georg Schönberger .

Web links

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