Stöfler (moon crater)
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Stöfler (middle right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 41.3 ° S , 5.83 ° 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.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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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
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .