Thebit (moon crater)

Thebit
Thebit (left) and Rupes Recta
position	22.01 °  S , 4.05 °  W Coordinates: 22 ° 0 '36 "  S , 4 ° 3' 0"  W
diameter	55 km
depth	3270 m
Card sheet	95 (PDF)
Named after	Thabit ibn Qurra (826-901)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Thebit is an impact crater on the front of the Moon on the eastern edge of the Mare Nubium , northwest of the Purbach crater and southwest of Arzachel . The Rupes Recta runs west of Thebit .

The crater is eroded excessively, its interior is crisscrossed by numerous fractures and a north-western part of the edge is of the large craters Thebit A superimposed.

List of minor craters from Thebit

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	21.59 °  S , 4.96 °  W	20 km	[1]
B.	22.31 °  S , 6.33 °  W	4 km	[2]
C.	21.27 °  S , 4.18 °  W	5 km	[3]
D.	19.8 °  S , 8.33 °  W	5 km	[4]
E.	23.13 °  S , 4.7 °  W	7 km	[5]
F.	23.05 °  S , 5.42 °  W	4 km	[6]
J	22.56 °  S , 5.59 °  W	10 km	[7]
K	23.2 °  S , 3.82 °  W	7 km	[8th]
L.	21.48 °  S , 5.42 °  W	11 km	[9]
P	24.08 °  S , 5.68 °  W	77 km	[10]
Q	20.1 °  S , 4.26 °  W	16 km	[11]
R.	20.18 °  S , 4.84 °  W	8 kilometers	[12]
S.	24.88 °  S , 7.27 °  W	17 km	[13]
T	20.68 °  S , 6.06 °  W	2 km	[14]
U	20.36 °  S , 5.93 °  W	4 km	[15]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Syrian mathematician and astronomer Thabit ibn Qurra (Latinized Thebit ).

Web links

• Thebit in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Thebit on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .