Vieta (moon crater)
Vieta | ||
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position | 29.31 ° S , 56.48 ° W | |
diameter | 89 km | |
depth | 4500 m | |
Card sheet | 92 (PDF) | |
Named after | François Viète (1540–1603) | |
Named since | 1935 | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
Vieta is an impact crater on the western edge of the front of the moon , west of Mare Humorum , northwest of Fourier and south of Henry . The heavily eroded crater shows traces of extensive landslides, especially in the south, while the crater wall is partially leveled in the north.
Letter | position | diameter | link |
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A. | 30.37 ° S , 59.44 ° W | 34 km | [1] |
B. | 30.51 ° S , 60.32 ° W | 39 km | [2] |
C. | 28.72 ° S , 58.55 ° W | 12 km | [3] |
D. | 27.87 ° S , 54.29 ° W | 8 kilometers | [4] |
E. | 27.01 ° S , 58.23 ° W | 10 km | [5] |
F. | 26.81 ° S , 57.85 ° W | 6 km | [6] |
G | 29.35 ° S , 57.1 ° W | 6 km | [7] |
H | 29.08 ° S , 56.37 ° W | 5 km | [8th] |
J | 28.86 ° S , 56.04 ° W | 5 km | [9] |
K | 28 ° S , 55.15 ° W | 5 km | [10] |
L. | 29.53 ° S , 60.42 ° W | 7 km | [11] |
M. | 29.82 ° S , 60.78 ° W | 4 km | [12] |
P | 27.54 ° S , 58.04 ° W | 8 kilometers | [13] |
R. | 26.54 ° S , 57.59 ° W | 3 km | [14] |
T | 32.42 ° S , 57.88 ° W | 30 km | [15] |
Y | 30.59 ° S , 55.97 ° W | 11 km | [16] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the French mathematician François Viète .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georges VISCARDY: Atlas guide photographique de la lune. Ouvrage de référence à haute résolution. Masson, Paris 1985, ISBN 2-225-81090-7 .