Schumacher (moon crater)
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| Schumacher and Messala ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 42.42 ° N , 60.81 ° O | |
| diameter | 61 km | |
| depth | 1810 m | |
| Card sheet | 28 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780-1850). | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Schumacher is an impact crater on the northeastern edge of the moon's front . It is located immediately north of the large Messala crater and west of Lacus Spei . The rim of the crater is eroded and is overlaid by the Schumacher B secondary crater in the west . The inside is relatively flat.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 42.17 ° N , 59.34 ° O | 24 km | [1] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Heinrich Christian Schumacher .
Web links
- Schumacher in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Schumacher 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 .