Sirsalis (moon crater)
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| position | 12.51 ° S , 60.51 ° W | |
| diameter | 40 km | |
| depth | 4730 m | |
| Card sheet | 74 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Gerolamo Sersale (1584-1654) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Sirsalis is an impact crater on the western edge of the lunar front , on the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum , southeast of Grimaldi crater and west of Hansteen . The crater rim is sharply defined, the interior shows concentric structures and a central mountain . To the southwest of Sirsalis, the lunar groove system of the Rimae Sirsalis runs in a northeast and southwest direction.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 12.7 ° S , 61.39 ° W | 50 km | [1] |
| B. | 11.12 ° S , 63.74 ° W | 15 km | [2] |
| C. | 10.38 ° S , 63.96 ° W | 25 km | [3] |
| D. | 9.98 ° S , 58.65 ° W | 35 km | [4] |
| E. | 8.17 ° S , 56.67 ° W | 70 km | [5] |
| F. | 13.56 ° S , 60.12 ° W | 13 km | [6] |
| G | 13.89 ° S , 61.68 ° W | 24 km | [7] |
| H | 14.06 ° S , 62.48 ° W | 25 km | [8th] |
| J | 13.43 ° S , 59.67 ° W | 12 km | [9] |
| K | 10.39 ° S , 57.44 ° W | 7 km | [10] |
| T | 9.27 ° S , 53.56 ° W | 15 km | [11] |
| Z | 10.37 ° S , 62.03 ° W | 90 km | [12] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Italian Jesuit and selenographer Gerolamo Sersale .
Web links
- Sirsalis in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Sirsalis 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 .