Sheepshanks (moon craters)
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| position | 59.25 ° N , 17.02 ° E | |
| diameter | 24 km | |
| depth | 3850 m | |
| Card sheet | 13 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Anne Sheepshanks (1789–1876) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Sheepshanks is a relatively small impact crater on the northeastern edge of the front of the moon , on the northern edge of Mare Frigoris , south of the C. Mayer crater . The rim of the crater is hardly eroded. The interior has no central mountain. South of Sheepshanks, the Rima Sheepshanks moon groove runs towards Gärtner's Whale Plain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 60 ° N , 18.93 ° O | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 60.31 ° N , 21.06 ° E | 5 km | [2] |
| C. | 57.03 ° N , 18.08 ° E | 10 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the patron Anne Sheepshanks , sister of the British astronomer Richard Sheepshanks .
Web links
- Sheepshanks in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Sheepshanks 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 .