Vieta (moon crater)

Vieta
position	29.31 °  S , 56.48 °  W Coordinates: 29 ° 18 ′ 36 "  S , 56 ° 28 ′ 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.

List of the secondary craters of Vieta

Letter	position	diameter	link
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

• Vieta in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Vieta on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Georges VISCARDY: Atlas guide photographique de la lune. Ouvrage de référence à haute résolution. Masson, Paris 1985, ISBN 2-225-81090-7 .