Ulugh Beigh (moon crater)

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Ulugh Beigh
Ulugh Beigh - LROC - WAC.JPG
Ulugh Beigh with side craters
Ulugh Beigh (Moon Equatorial Region)
Ulugh Beigh
position 32.6 °  N , 81.9 °  W Coordinates: 32 ° 36 '0 "  N , 81 ° 54' 0"  W
diameter 53 km
depth 580 m
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Named after Ulugh Beg (1394-1449)
Named since 1961
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

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Ulugh Beigh is an impact crater on the northwestern edge of the moon front on the western edge of Oceanus Procellarum . The rim of the crater is very badly eroded and largely leveled.

List of Ulugh Beigh minor craters
Letter position diameter link
A. 34.11 °  N , 79.32 °  W 41 km [1]
B. 32.77 °  N , 79.27 °  W 8 kilometers [2]
C. 31.35 °  N , 79.18 °  W 31 km [3]
D. 31.51 °  N , 82.41 °  W 21 km [4]
M. 35.68 °  N , 83.44 °  W 8 kilometers [5]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1961 after the Timurid astronomer and mathematician Ulugh Beg from Samarkand .

Web links

Individual evidence

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