Steinheil (moon crater)
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| Steinheil (bottom right) with Janssen ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 48.73 ° S , 46.62 ° E | |
| diameter | 65 km | |
| Card sheet | 128 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Carl August von Steinheil (1801–1870) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Steinheil is a lunar crater named after the physicist, astronomer and entrepreneur Carl August von Steinheil . Steinheil lies on the south-eastern edge of the moon and forms a double crater together with Watt . Good observation conditions result from the peripheral location 18 days after the new moon . The crater dates from the Nectarian period 3.92 to 3.85 billion years ago.
Steinheil and Watt lie in the uneven highlands on the southeastern edge of the moon, southeast of the great Janssen crater plain , i.e. H. when viewed from the northern hemisphere of the earth to the moon at the bottom right, but when viewed through most telescopes at the top left. The Watt crater, which is directly adjacent a little further southeast ('behind') and covered in the northwestern part of Steinheil, is almost the same size. The pair of craters is therefore very noticeable.
Steinheil looks distorted due to its peripheral location, but is circular. The crater has a flat bottom; its surface is marked by a series of minor impacts.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| E. | 44.93 ° S , 47.51 ° E | 16 km | [1] |
| F. | 45.37 ° S , 48.31 ° E | 21 km | [2] |
| G | 45.73 ° S , 49.97 ° E | 19 km | [3] |
| H | 45.79 ° S , 46.97 ° O | 19 km | [4] |
| K | 48.64 ° S , 51.94 ° O | 4 km | [5] |
| X | 47.6 ° S , 45.76 ° E | 17 km | [6] |
| Y | 47.37 ° S , 45.06 ° O | 16 km | [7] |
| Z | 46.44 ° S , 45.28 ° O | 21 km | [8th] |
literature
- Siew M. Chong et al: Photographic atlas of the Moon . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002, ISBN 0-521-81392-1 .
Web links
- Steinheil in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Steinheil on the-moon-Wiki
- High resolution image of the pair of craters
