Seeliger (moon crater)
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| position | 2.24 ° S , 2.97 ° E | |
| diameter | 9 km | |
| depth | 1810 m | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Hugo von Seeliger (1849–1924) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Seeliger is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon on the edge of the Sinus Medii , east of Réaumur crater and northwest of Horrocks . To the south of Seeliger, the Rima Réaumur runs in a north-westerly direction.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 1.9 ° S , 3.02 ° E | 4 km | [1] |
| S. | 2.16 ° S , 2.07 ° E | 3 km | [2] |
| T | 2.22 ° S , 4.28 ° E | 4 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Hugo von Seeliger .
Web links
- Seeliger in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Seeliger 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 .