Sosigenes (moon crater)
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| position | 8.68 ° N , 17.59 ° E | |
| diameter | 17 km | |
| depth | 1500 m | |
| Card sheet | 60 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Sosigenes of Alexandria | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Sosigenes is an impact crater on the front of the moon on the western edge of Mare Tranquillitatis . It is northwest of Arago Crater and southwest of Maclear . It is bowl-shaped with a flat crater floor and hardly eroded.
To the east of the crater there is a system of lunar grooves , the Rimae Sosigenes , which runs in a predominantly north-south direction .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 7.75 ° N , 18.45 ° E | 11 km | [1] |
| B. | 8.32 ° N , 17.2 ° E | 4 km | [2] |
| C. | 7.21 ° N , 18.96 ° E | 3 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astronomer Sosigenes from Alexandria .
Web links
- Sosigenes in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Sosigenes 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 .