Ulugh Beigh (moon crater)
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| position | 32.6 ° N , 81.9 ° W | |
| diameter | 53 km | |
| depth | 580 m | |
| Card sheet | 22 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Ulugh Beg (1394-1449) | |
| Named since | 1961 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
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.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| 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
- Ulugh Beigh in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Ulugh Beigh on The-Moon Wiki
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .