Schröter (moon crater)
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| position | 2.75 ° N , 7.02 ° W | |
| diameter | 37 km | |
| depth | 830 m | |
| Card sheet | 59 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Johann Hieronymus Schroeter (1745-1816) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Schröter is an impact crater on the front of the moon in the level of the Sinus Aestuum , north of the Sömmering crater and southwest of Bode . Except for the remains of the southwest and eastern crater wall, the crater is almost completely covered by the lavas of the Mare plain.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 4.81 ° N , 7.81 ° W | 4 km | [1] |
| C. | 8.25 ° N , 9.8 ° W | 8 kilometers | [2] |
| D. | 4.47 ° N , 9.56 ° W | 5 km | [3] |
| E. | 2.35 ° N , 6.86 ° W | 3 km | [4] |
| F. | 7.37 ° N , 5.93 ° W | 29 km | [5] |
| G | 3.14 ° N , 9.48 ° W | 5 km | [6] |
| H | 3.13 ° N , 8.67 ° W | 4 km | [7] |
| J | 8.5 ° N , 6.13 ° W | 6 km | [8th] |
| K | 3.07 ° N , 7.94 ° W | 6 km | [9] |
| L. | 1.77 ° N , 7.47 ° W | 4 km | [10] |
| M. | 6.92 ° N , 11.71 ° W | 5 km | [11] |
| S. | 7.06 ° N , 9.23 ° W | 3 km | [12] |
| T | 7.02 ° N , 8.03 ° W | 4 km | [13] |
| U | 4.07 ° N , 6.7 ° W | 4 km | [14] |
| W. | 4.81 ° N , 7.74 ° W | 10 km | [15] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Johann Hieronymus Schroeter .
Web links
- Schröter in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Schröter 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 .