Wöhler (moon crater)

Wöhler

position

38.27 ° S , 31.34 ° O coordinates: 38 ° 16 '12 " S , 31 ° 20' 24" O

diameter

26 km

depth

2060 m

Card sheet

113 (PDF)

Named after

Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882)

Named since

1935

Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

26.28

Wöhler is an impact crater to the south of the front of the moon , south of the Stiborius crater and east of Riccius . The crater is moderately eroded, the interior largely flat.

List of Wöhler's secondary craters
Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	37.74 ° S , 30.26 ° EMoon -37.74 30.26	8 kilometers	[1]
B.	37.28 ° S , 30.76 ° OMoon -37.28 30.76	11 km	[2]
C.	36.77 ° S , 30.57 ° OMoon -36.77 30.57	12 km	[3]
D.	36.27 ° S , 31.13 ° EMoon -36.27 31.13	7 km	[4]
E.	38.96 ° S , 30.1 ° OMoon -38.96 30.01	6 km	[5]
F.	40.16 ° S , 33.82 ° OMoon -40.16 33.82	8 kilometers	[6]
G	40.16 ° S , 35.51 ° OMoon -40.16 35.51	6 km	[7]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German chemist Friedrich Wöhler .

Web links

Wöhler in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
Wöhler 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 .

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