Sinas (moon crater)
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position | 8.85 ° N , 31.59 ° O | |
diameter | 12 km | |
depth | 2260 m | |
Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
Type | ALC | |
Named after | Simon of Sina (1810–1876) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Sinas is a small, bowl-shaped impact crater on the front of the moon in the plain of Mare Tranquillitatis , south of Cajal crater and west of Cauchy .
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 7.77 ° N , 32.59 ° O | 5 km | [1] |
E. | 9.65 ° N , 30.99 ° E | 9 km | [2] |
G | 9.56 ° N , 34.27 ° O | 4 km | [3] |
H | 10 ° N , 33.56 ° E | 4 km | [4] |
J | 10.31 ° N , 33.7 ° E | 4 km | [5] |
K | 6.8 ° N , 33.06 ° O | 4 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Austrian philanthropist and astronomer Simon von Sina .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .