Taruntius (moon crater)
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Taruntius ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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position | 5.48 ° N , 46.54 ° E | |
diameter | 57 km | |
depth | 1100 m | |
Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
Named after | Lucius Tarrutius (1st century BC) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Taruntius and side crater ( LROC -WAC)
Taruntius is an impact crater on the front of the moon , between Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Fecunditatis , southeast of Da Vinci and northeast of Secchi . The rim of the crater is irregular and eroded, the interior has concentric structures and grooves , the Rimae Taruntius .
To the south of the crater, the ridges of the Dorsa Cato and Dorsum Cushman run in a radial direction away from the crater, and the Catena Taruntius to the south-east .
Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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A. | Renamed Asada | |||
B. | 3.29 ° N , 46.66 ° E | 7 km | [1] | |
C. | Renamed Cameron | |||
D. | Renamed Watts | |||
E. | Renamed to Zähringer | |||
F. | 3.91 ° N , 40.5 ° E | 10 km | [2] | |
G | Renamed Anville | |||
H | 0.34 ° N , 49.87 ° O | 9 km | [3] | |
K | 0.66 ° N , 51.56 ° O | 6 km | [4] | |
L. | 5.44 ° N , 44.51 ° O | 15 km | [5] | |
M. | Renamed Lawrence | |||
N | Renamed Smithson | |||
O | 2.19 ° N , 54.35 ° E | 6 km | [6] | |
P | 0.08 ° N , 51.58 ° O | 7 km | [7] | |
R. | 6.14 ° N , 47.85 ° E | 5 km | [8th] | |
S. | 4.83 ° N , 42.34 ° O | 5 km | [9] | |
T | 3.6 ° N , 47.4 ° E | 4 km | [10] | |
U | 5.52 ° N , 50.11 ° E | 9 km | [11] | |
V | 4.42 ° N , 49.8 ° E | 20 km | [12] | |
W. | 5.4 ° N , 49.05 ° E | 17 km | [13] | |
X | 7.81 ° N , 52.94 ° E | 23 km | [14] | |
Z | 7.55 ° N , 44.87 ° E | 19 km | [15] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Roman astrologer Lucius Tarrutius .
Web links
- Taruntius in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Taruntius on The-Moon Wiki
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [16] [17]
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .