Schorr (moon crater)
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position | 19.51 ° S , 89.74 ° O | |
diameter | 50 km | |
depth | 3700 m | |
Card sheet | 99 (PDF) | |
Named after | Richard Reinhard Emil Schorr (1867–1951) | |
Named since | 1970 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Schorr is an impact crater on the easternmost edge of the moon's front . It is east of Gibbs Crater and northwest of Curie . The crater rim is little eroded and the interior has concentric structures and a divided central massif .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 20.35 ° S , 88.17 ° E | 58 km | [1] |
B. | 16.63 ° S , 88.4 ° E | 27 km | [2] |
C. | 13.47 ° S , 88.17 ° E | 12 km | [3] |
D. | 18.67 ° S , 91.28 ° O | 20 km | [4] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1970 after the German astronomer Richard Reinhard Emil Schorr .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .