Triesnecker (moon crater)
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| position | 4.15 ° N , 3.58 ° E | |
| diameter | 25 km | |
| Card sheet | 59 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Franz de Paula Triesnecker (1745-1817) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Triesnecker Crater ( Lunar Orbiter 4 )
Triesnecker is a 25 km large, very deep moon crater in the Sinus Medii , an almost crater-free basalt plain in the middle of the visible half of the moon.
- Selenographic coordinates 4 ° north, 4 ° east
- named after the Austrian Jesuit and astronomer Franz de Paula Triesnecker (1745–1817)
Triesnecker has a sharp, regular crater wall and is hardly eroded. Near its eastern edge, a system of grooves runs in a northerly direction, the Rimae Triesnecker .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| D. | 3.47 ° N , 5.92 ° O | 6 km | [1] |
| E. | 5.54 ° N , 2.47 ° E | 5 km | [2] |
| F. | 4.09 ° N , 4.8 ° E | 3 km | [3] |
| G | 3.64 ° N , 5.17 ° E | 4 km | [4] |
| H | 3.33 ° N , 2.68 ° E | 3 km | [5] |
| J | 3.25 ° N , 2.43 ° E | 3 km | [6] |
literature
- Antonín Rükl : Moon, Mars, Venus. Pocket atlas of the closest celestial bodies. Artaria-Verlag, Prague 1977, pp. 140/141.
Web links
- Triesnecker in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recording Triesnecker & Rimae