Ukert (moon crater)

Ukert
position	7.7 °  N , 1.35 °  E Coordinates: 7 ° 42 '0 "  N , 1 ° 21' 0"  E
diameter	22 km
depth	2800 m
Card sheet	59 (PDF)
Type	TRI
Named after	Friedrich August Ukert (1780-1851)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Ukert is an impact crater on the front of the moon between Sinus Medii and Mare Vaporum , northwest of the Triesnecker crater and east of Bode .

The shape of the crater is irregular and the interior is uneven.

List of sub-craters of Ukert

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	8.7 °  N , 1.34 °  E	9 km	[1]
B.	8.3 °  N , 1.29 °  E	21 km	[2]
E.	8.95 °  N , 0.39 °  E	5 km	[3]
J	11.02 °  N , 0.62 °  W	3 km	[4]
K	6.45 °  N , 3.75 °  E	3 km	[5]
M.	7.94 °  N , 2.18 °  E	22 km	[6]
N	7.53 °  N , 2.01 °  O	17 km	[7]
P	7.76 °  N , 2.91 °  E	4 km	[8th]
R.	7.91 °  N , 0.67 °  E	18 km	[9]
V	8.72 °  N , 3.23 °  E	2 km	[10]
W.	9.5 °  N , 2.32 °  E	3 km	[11]
X	9.15 °  N , 1.84 °  E	3 km	[12]
Y	10.09 °  N , 0.2 °  E	3 km	[13]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German historian Friedrich August Ukert .

East of Ukert, when the moon is about 6.7 days old , shortly before reaching the first quarter of the moon , the visual effect Lunar V can be observed on the moon terminator .

Ukert (top left) and surroundings ( LROC- WAC)

Web links

• Ukert in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Ukert 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 .