Taylor (moon crater)
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| Taylor with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 5.37 ° S , 16.63 ° E | |
| diameter | 39 km | |
| depth | 3100 m | |
| Card sheet | 78 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Brook Taylor (1685-1731) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Taylor is an impact crater on the front of the moon , south of Delambre crater and west of Alfraganus . The irregularly shaped crater is heavily eroded. The interior is uneven and has a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 4.25 ° S , 15.35 ° E | 39 km | [1] |
| FROM | 3.2 ° S , 14.62 ° E | 21 km | [2] |
| B. | 4.35 ° S , 14.28 ° E | 30 km | [3] |
| C. | 5.67 ° S , 14.72 ° E | 4 km | [4] |
| D. | 5.35 ° S , 15.66 ° E | 8 kilometers | [5] |
| E. | 6.07 ° S , 17.1 ° E | 12 km | [6] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the British mathematician Brook Taylor .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .