Bird (moon crater)
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| Vogel (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 15.13 ° S , 5.79 ° E | |
| diameter | 26 km | |
| Card sheet | 77 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Hermann Carl Vogel (1841–1907) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Vogel is a small impact crater on the southern hemisphere of the moon . It is located southeast of the Albategnius crater .
Vogel is the smallest of a group of three impact craters that increase in size towards the south. The other two are named as Argelander and Airy . To the west is the remnant of Parrot Crater .
The crater rim is interrupted by small craters on both the northern and southern sides . Bird B on the northern side is interrupted at its northern edge by an even smaller crater, so that a series of connected craters is shown here. The remaining parts of the crater rim are quite well preserved.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| B. | 14.46 ° S , 5.63 ° E | 22 km | [1] |
| C. | 14.12 ° S , 5.24 ° E | 9 km | [2] |
Web links
- Vogel in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Vogel crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
