Wilhelm (moon crater)

Wilhelm
Wilhelm and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	43.26 °  S , 20.89 °  W Coordinates: 43 ° 15 '36 "  S , 20 ° 53' 24"  W.
diameter	105 km
depth	3240 m
Card sheet	111 (PDF)
Named after	Wilhelm IV., Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532–1592)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Wilhelm is an impact crater to the southwest of the front of the moon , west of Tycho crater and northeast of Longomontanus . The rim of the crater is very heavily eroded and partially covered by further impacts, the interior of the crater is relatively flat.

List of Wilhelm's secondary craters

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	44.69 °  S , 22.21 °  W	20 km	[1]
B.	43.56 °  S , 22.95 °  W	17 km	[2]
C.	41.62 °  S , 19.71 °  W	16 km	[3]
D.	41.88 °  S , 17.91 °  W	31 km	[4]
E.	44.21 °  S , 18.1 °  W	14 km	[5]
F.	42.38 °  S , 23.27 °  W	8 kilometers	[6]
G	42.67 °  S , 26.16 °  W	16 km	[7]
H	42.57 °  S , 23.91 °  W	7 km	[8th]
J	41.5 °  S , 26.3 °  W	19 km	[9]
K	44.12 °  S , 21.8 °  W	24 km	[10]
L.	40.48 °  S , 22.21 °  W	9 km	[11]
M.	43.96 °  S , 17.45 °  W	9 km	[12]
N	43.79 °  S , 18.66 °  W	8 kilometers	[13]
O	43.17 °  S , 17.36 °  W	17 km	[14]
P	40.93 °  S , 20.59 °  W	12 km	[15]
Q	43.21 °  S , 18.54 °  W	7 km	[16]
R.	41.36 °  S , 22.05 °  W	7 km	[17]
S.	41.74 °  S , 21.86 °  W	10 km	[18]
T	41.3 °  S , 21.08 °  W	7 km	[19]
U	41.47 °  S , 20.67 °  W	5 km	[20]
V	43.94 °  S , 19.71 °  W	8 kilometers	[21]
W.	42.59 °  S , 20.47 °  W	6 km	[22]
X	40.87 °  S , 20.09 °  W	10 km	[23]
Y	44.61 °  S , 21.08 °  W	6 km	[24]
Z	44.83 °  S , 20.43 °  W	8 kilometers	[25]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the astronomer Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel .

Web links

• Wilhelm in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Wilhelm on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

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