Simpelius (moon crater)
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Simpelius ( Lunar Orbiter 4 ) | ||
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position | 72.54 ° S , 14.68 ° O | |
diameter | 70 km | |
depth | 5780 m | |
Card sheet | 138 (PDF) | |
Named after | Hugo Sempilius (approx. 1595–1654) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Simpelius is an impact crater in the extreme south of the lunar front , southeast of Manzinus crater and southwest of Moretus . The rim of the crater is eroded and the inside is flat.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 69.92 ° S , 15.99 ° O | 58 km | [1] |
B. | 75.24 ° S , 9.73 ° O | 52 km | [2] |
C. | 72.72 ° S , 5.43 ° O | 45 km | [3] |
D. | 71.63 ° S , 8.05 ° O | 56 km | [4] |
E. | 70 ° S , 10.52 ° E | 43 km | [5] |
F. | 68.53 ° S , 16.65 ° E | 32 km | [6] |
G | 71.82 ° S , 22.57 ° O | 22 km | [7] |
H | 67.93 ° S , 15.26 ° O | 29 km | [8th] |
J | 75.9 ° S , 8.01 ° E | 18 km | [9] |
K | 74.72 ° S , 15.25 ° O | 24 km | [10] |
L. | 70.46 ° S , 6.37 ° O | 16 km | [11] |
M. | 70.53 ° S , 16.21 ° E | 7 km | [12] |
N | 71.37 ° S , 23.96 ° O | 9 km | [13] |
P | 75.29 ° S , 3.78 ° O | 6 km | [14] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Scottish Jesuit and mathematician Hugo Sempilius .
Web links
- Simpelius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Simpelius 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 .