Stöfler (moon crater)

Stöfler
Stöfler (middle right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	41.3 °  S , 5.83 °  E Coordinates: 41 ° 18 ′ 0 "  S , 5 ° 49 ′ 48"  E
diameter	130 km
depth	2760 m
Card sheet	112 (PDF)
Named after	Johannes Stöffler (1452–1531)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Stöfler is an impact crater to the south of the lunar front , southeast of Mare Nubium , east of Tycho crater and west of Maurolycus . The crater is heavily eroded, its southeastern part is covered by Faraday . The interior is largely flat.

List of side craters from Stöfler

Letter	position	diameter	link
D.	43.77 °  S , 4.21 °  E	50 km	[1]
E.	43.85 °  S , 5.69 °  E	17 km	[2]
F.	42.71 °  S , 4.84 °  E	17 km	[3]
G	43.43 °  S , 1.83 °  E	20 km	[4]
H	40.4 °  S , 1.57 °  E	24 km	[5]
J	42.19 °  S , 2.06 °  E	69 km	[6]
K	39.47 °  S , 4.08 °  O	18 km	[7]
L.	39.2 °  S , 7.78 °  E	17 km	[8th]
M.	41.05 °  S , 8.02 °  O	9 km	[9]
N	41.96 °  S , 6.58 °  E	12 km	[10]
O	43.35 °  S , 1.1 °  E	9 km	[11]
P	43.44 °  S , 7.52 °  E	36 km	[12]
R.	42.26 °  S , 1.62 °  O	6 km	[13]
S.	44.91 °  S , 5.64 °  E	9 km	[14]
T	39.7 °  S , 8.04 °  E	5 km	[15]
U	40.21 °  S , 9.54 °  O	6 km	[16]
X	40.6 °  S , 5.45 °  E	3 km	[17]
Y	40.05 °  S , 5.36 °  O	3 km	[18]
Z	40.33 °  S , 3 °  E	4 km	[19]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Johannes Stöffler .

Web links

• Stöfler in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Stöfler 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 .