Silver strike (moon crater)
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| position | 6.19 ° N , 12.51 ° E | |
| diameter | 13 km | |
| depth | 2540 m | |
| Card sheet | 60 (PDF) | |
| Type | ALC | |
| Named after | Johann Esaias Silberschlag (1721–1791) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Silberschlag is an impact crater on the front of the moon northeast of the Agrippa crater and south of the Rima Ariadaeus moon groove . The crater is bowl-shaped and hardly eroded.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 6.92 ° N , 13.2 ° E | 7 km | [1] |
| D. | 7.48 ° N , 11.21 ° E | 3 km | [2] |
| E. | 5.18 ° N , 12.71 ° E | 4 km | [3] |
| G | 5.72 ° N , 13.83 ° E | 3 km | [4] |
| P | 6.81 ° N , 11.98 ° O | 33 km | [5] |
| S. | 7.71 ° N , 12.21 ° E | 38 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German naturalist Johann Esaias Silberschlag .
Web links
- Silver strike in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Silver strike 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 .