Seleucus (moon crater)
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| Seleucus, on the left the edge of Eddington. The bright stripe below Seleucus belongs to the ray system of the Glushko crater ( LROC- WAC). | ||
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| position | 21.08 ° N , 66.6 ° W | |
| diameter | 45 km | |
| depth | 2870 m | |
| Card sheet | 38 (PDF) | |
| Type | TYC | |
| Named after | Seleucus of Seleucia | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Seleucus is an impact crater on the northwestern front of the moon in the Plain of Oceanus Procellarum , south of Briggs and east of the great whale plain of Eddington . The interior has pronounced terracing .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 22.02 ° N , 60.51 ° W | 6 km | [1] |
| E. | 22.41 ° N , 63.89 ° W | 4 km | [2] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astronomer Seleukos von Seleukia .
Web links
- Seleucus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Seleucus 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 .