Stadius (moon crater)
Stadius | ||
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The sinus estuary with the Eratosthenes crater , below on the left the ghost crater Stadius. On the left edge of the picture, the Ringgebirge of Copernicus appears in the grazing sunlight. | ||
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position | 10.46 ° N , 13.79 ° W | |
diameter | 68 km | |
Card sheet | 58 (PDF) | |
Named after | Johannes Stadius (1527–1579) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Stadius is a 64 km large but heavily eroded moon crater on the western edge of the Sinus Aestuum , near the center of the visible half of the moon. The exactly circular crater wall was flooded by basaltic lava during the formation of the sea during the Imbrian period , so that only a fragmentary ring some 100 meters high stands (" ghost crater ").
- Selenographic coordinates 10.5 north, 13.7 ° west
- named after the Belgian mathematician and astronomer Johannes Stadius (1527–1579).
In the immediate vicinity lies the Eratosthenes large crater to the north and the young Copernicus mountain range to the west , the impact of which has caused several secondary craters in a chain to the north of Stadius.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 10.44 ° N , 14.85 ° W | 4 km | [1] |
B. | 11.83 ° N , 13.64 ° W | 6 km | [2] |
C. | 9.73 ° N , 12.92 ° W | 3 km | [3] |
D. | 10.28 ° N , 15.37 ° W | 4 km | [4] |
E. | 12.6 ° N , 15.62 ° W | 4 km | [5] |
F. | 13.02 ° N , 15.68 ° W | 4 km | [6] |
G | 11.22 ° N , 14.8 ° W | 4 km | [7] |
H | 11.61 ° N , 13.99 ° W | 4 km | [8th] |
J | 13.79 ° N , 16.12 ° W | 5 km | [9] |
K | 9.66 ° N , 13.67 ° W | 4 km | [10] |
L. | 10.13 ° N , 12.98 ° W | 3 km | [11] |
M. | 14.71 ° N , 16.59 ° W | 6 km | [12] |
N | 9.39 ° N , 15.68 ° W | 5 km | [13] |
P | 11.75 ° N , 15.24 ° W | 6 km | [14] |
Q | 11.46 ° N , 14.83 ° W | 3 km | [15] |
R. | 12.24 ° N , 15.26 ° W | 5 km | [16] |
S. | 12.89 ° N , 15.59 ° W | 4 km | [17] |
T | 13.16 ° N , 15.78 ° W | 6 km | [18] |
U | 13.96 ° N , 16.46 ° W | 5 km | [19] |
W. | 14.09 ° N , 16.48 ° W | 4 km | [20] |
literature
- Antonín Rükl : Moon, Mars, Venus. Pocket atlas of the closest celestial bodies . Artaria-Verlag, Prague 1977, pp. 138f.
Web links
- Stadius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Full Moon Atlas (interactive) Section D3, Copernicus, Stadius and Eratosthenes