Tralles (moon craters)
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| Tralles (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 28.31 ° N , 52.78 ° O | |
| diameter | 42 km | |
| Card sheet | 44 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Johann Georg Tralles (1763-1822) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Tralles is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon , north of the Mare Crisium , northwest of the large crater Cleomedes , the rim of which it partially overlays. The rim of the crater has grooves and traces of landslides on the inside.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 27.4 ° N , 47 ° E | 17 km | [1] |
| B. | 27.23 ° N , 50.64 ° O | 11 km | [2] |
| C. | 27.79 ° N , 49.4 ° E | 7 km | [3] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German physicist Johann Georg Tralles .
Web links
- Tralles in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Tralles on The-Moon Wiki