Werner (moon crater)
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| Werner (bottom right) and surroundings ( LROC- WAC) | ||
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| position | 28.06 ° S , 3.22 ° E | |
| diameter | 71 km | |
| depth | 4200 m | |
| Card sheet | 95 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Johannes Werner (1468-1522) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Werner is an impact crater in the southwest of the front of the moon , east of Mare Nubium , south of Blanchinus crater and southwest of Krusenstern .
The crater has pronounced terraces and remains of a central mountain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 27.27 ° S , 1.02 ° E | 14 km | [1] |
| B. | 26.21 ° S , 0.62 ° E | 13 km | [2] |
| D. | 27.12 ° S , 3.11 ° E | 2 km | [3] |
| E. | 27.41 ° S , 0.62 ° E | 6 km | [4] |
| F. | 25.8 ° S , 0.67 ° E | 9 km | [5] |
| G | 27.64 ° S , 1.14 ° O | 8 kilometers | [6] |
| H | 26.68 ° S , 1.45 ° E | 16 km | [7] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German mathematician Johannes Werner .
Northwest of Werner, at a moon age of around 6.7 days, shortly before reaching the first quarter of the moon , the visual effect Lunar X can be observed on the lunar terminator .
Web links
Commons : Werner (Mondkrater) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .