Weierstrass (moon crater)
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| position | 1.2 ° S , 77.09 ° O | |
| diameter | 32 km | |
| depth | 2580 m | |
| Card sheet | 81 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Karl Weierstrasse (1815-1897) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Weierstrass is an impact crater on the front of the moon west of Mare Smythii , northeast of the large crater Gilbert and immediately northwest of Van Vleck . The crater floor is flat and the crater rim is moderately eroded, with traces of major landslides on the inner rim.
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1976 after the German mathematician Karl Weierstrass . Previously, the crater as was Gilbert N designated.
Web links
- Weierstrass in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Weierstrass 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 .