Schwabe (moon crater)
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| Schwabe with side craters (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 65.1 ° N , 45.44 ° E | |
| diameter | 25 km | |
| depth | 1320 m | |
| Card sheet | 4 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (1789–1875) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Schwabe is a relatively small impact crater on the northeastern edge of the moon's front . It is located southeast of the Arnold crater and northwest of Strabo .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| C. | 67.61 ° N , 46.86 ° O | 32 km | [1] |
| D. | 64.65 ° N , 44.76 ° O | 15 km | [2] |
| E. | 64.11 ° N , 43.4 ° O | 18 km | [3] |
| F. | 66.44 ° N , 50.08 ° O | 20 km | [4] |
| G | 65.48 ° N , 41.94 ° E | 15 km | [5] |
| K | 67.68 ° N , 49.18 ° O | 8 kilometers | [6] |
| U | 66.56 ° N , 57.01 ° O | 17 km | [7] |
| W. | 69.57 ° N , 52.32 ° O | 11 km | [8th] |
| X | 68.32 ° N , 56.54 ° O | 7 km | [9] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Samuel Heinrich Schwabe .