Wargentin (moon crater)

Wargentin
position	49.5 °  S , 60.43 °  W Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 0 "  S , 60 ° 25 ′ 48"  W
diameter	86 km
depth	300 m
Card sheet	124 (PDF)
Named after	Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin (1717–1783)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Wargentin is an impact crater on the southwestern edge of the front of the moon , southwest of the great whale plain of the Schickard and northwest of Phocylides . The interior of the crater is completely flooded by lava, which poured over the rim of the crater onto the surrounding plateau after the crater was completely filled.

List of minor craters from Wargentin

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	47.11 °  S , 59.15 °  W	20 km	[1]
B.	51.32 °  S , 67.76 °  W	17 km	[2]
C.	47.43 °  S , 61.32 °  W	12 km	[3]
D.	51.05 °  S , 65.29 °  W	16 km	[4]
E.	50.91 °  S , 67.16 °  W	15 km	[5]
F.	51.51 °  S , 66.28 °  W	20 km	[6]
H	47.49 °  S , 60.46 °  W	10 km	[7]
K	48.33 °  S , 57.99 °  W	8 kilometers	[8th]
L.	48.15 °  S , 58.33 °  W	12 km	[9]
M.	48.07 °  S , 59.07 °  W	7 km	[10]
P	48.73 °  S , 56.71 °  W	9 km	[11]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Swedish astronomer Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin .

Web links

• Wargentin in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Wargentin on The-Moon Wiki
• Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [12] [13]

Individual evidence

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