Snellius (moon crater)
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| position | 29.39 ° S , 55.61 ° O | |
| diameter | 86 km | |
| depth | 3830 m | |
| Card sheet | 98 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Willebrord van Roijen Snell (1580–1626) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Snellius is an impact crater to the east of the lunar front , on the southeastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis , southwest of Petavius crater and north of Stevinus . The rim of the crater is badly eroded, the inside uneven.
The moon valley Vallis Snellius runs south of Snellius in a north-westerly direction.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 27.44 ° S , 53.64 ° E | 35 km | [1] |
| B. | 30.16 ° S , 53.19 ° E | 25 km | [2] |
| C. | 29.03 ° S , 51.39 ° E | 9 km | [3] |
| D. | 28.7 ° S , 51.44 ° O | 8 kilometers | [4] |
| E. | 28.06 ° S , 51.48 ° E | 13 km | [5] |
| X | 27.4 ° S , 54.93 ° O | 8 kilometers | [6] |
| Y | 25.74 ° S , 52.18 ° E | 11 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Willebrord van Roijen Snell .
Web links
- Snellius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Snellius 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 .