Stevinus (moon crater)
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| position | 32.49 ° S , 54.12 ° O | |
| diameter | 72 km | |
| depth | 3820 m | |
| Card sheet | 114 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Simon Stevin (1548-1620) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Stevinus is an impact crater in the south of the front of the moon , south of Mare Fecunditatis , northwest of Furnerius crater and southwest of Snellius and the lunar valley Vallis Snellius, which runs in a southeastern direction northwest of Stevinus . The crater is hardly eroded, has pronounced terracing and a central mountain in the flat interior .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 31.87 ° S , 51.62 ° O | 7 km | [1] |
| B. | 31.13 ° S , 52.54 ° E | 20 km | [2] |
| C. | 33.44 ° S , 52.69 ° E | 19 km | [3] |
| D. | 34.77 ° S , 50.71 ° O | 21 km | [4] |
| E. | 35.35 ° S , 52.37 ° O | 16 km | [5] |
| F. | 30.63 ° S , 52.62 ° O | 9 km | [6] |
| G | 33.8 ° S , 50.36 ° E | 11 km | [7] |
| H | 33.18 ° S , 50.59 ° E | 16 km | [8th] |
| J | 36.11 ° S , 52.35 ° E | 13 km | [9] |
| K | 34.29 ° S , 55.24 ° E | 7 km | [10] |
| L. | 33.8 ° S , 55.97 ° O | 15 km | [11] |
| R. | 31.69 ° S , 50.87 ° O | 25 km | [12] |
| S. | 30.71 ° S , 51.07 ° E | 8 kilometers | [13] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Flemish mathematician and physicist Simon Stevin .
Web links
- Stevinus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Stevinus 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 .