Simpelius (moon crater)

Simpelius
Simpelius ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
position	72.54 °  S , 14.68 °  O coordinates: 72 ° 32 '24 "  S , 14 ° 40' 48"  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.

List of craters of simpelius

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .