Vendelinus (moon crater)

Vendelinus
position	16.46 °  S , 61.45 °  O coordinates: 16 ° 27 '36 "  S , 61 ° 27' 0"  O
diameter	132 km
depth	2200 m
Card sheet	98 (PDF)
Named after	Govaert Wendelen (1580–1667)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Vendelinus is a large impact crater to the east of the lunar front , on the eastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis , south of Langrenus crater and north of Petavius . The rim of the crater is heavily eroded, the bottom of the crater is largely flat except for the secondary craters.

List of minor craters of Vendelinus

Letter	position	diameter	link
C.	Renamed to Lamé
D.	19.05 °  S , 58.24 °  O	10 km	[1]
E.	18.09 °  S , 61.03 °  E	19 km	[2]
F.	18.47 °  S , 64.87 °  O	32 km	[3]
H	15.32 °  S , 61.5 °  E	8 kilometers	[4]
K	13.83 °  S , 62.43 °  O	9 km	[5]
L.	17.57 °  S , 61.78 °  E	16 km	[6]
N	16.79 °  S , 65.83 °  E	19 km	[7]
P	17.56 °  S , 66.31 °  O	16 km	[8th]
S.	15.4 °  S , 57.96 °  O	6 km	[9]
T	13.47 °  S , 62.78 °  E	6 km	[10]
U	15.91 °  S , 58.72 °  O	5 km	[11]
V	15.56 °  S , 55.9 °  E	4 km	[12]
W.	14.59 °  S , 58.69 °  E	5 km	[13]
Y	17.58 °  S , 62.22 °  E	11 km	[14]
Z	17.22 °  S , 62.4 °  E	8 kilometers	[15]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Flemish astronomer Govaert Wendelen .

Web links

• Vendelinus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Vendelinus on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [16]

Individual evidence

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