Wurzelbauer (moon crater)
| Root grower | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| position | 34.1 ° S , 16.07 ° W | |
| diameter | 87 km | |
| depth | 2770 m | |
| Card sheet | 111 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Johann Philipp von Wurzelbau (1651–1725) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Wurzelbauer is an impact crater in the southwest of the front of the moon , south of Mare Nubium , southwest of Pitatus crater and southeast of Weiss . The crater is very badly eroded and the rim of the crater has almost completely disappeared, so that only an extensive depression is visible.
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | 35.75 ° S , 15.5 ° W | 15 km | [1] |
| B. | 34.9 ° S , 14.63 ° W | 24 km | [2] |
| C. | 35.03 ° S , 15.19 ° W | 10 km | [3] |
| D. | 36.36 ° S , 17.76 ° W | 37 km | [4] |
| E. | 35.68 ° S , 17.33 ° W | 11 km | [5] |
| F. | 35.96 ° S , 18.34 ° W | 9 km | [6] |
| G | 34.64 ° S , 18.73 ° W | 11 km | [7] |
| H | 35.31 ° S , 17.35 ° W | 6 km | [8th] |
| L. | 34.88 ° S , 17.98 ° W | 7 km | [9] |
| M. | 32.16 ° S , 16.14 ° W | 4 km | [10] |
| N | 32.59 ° S , 14.96 ° W | 10 km | [11] |
| O | 35.9 ° S , 14.75 ° W | 8 kilometers | [12] |
| P | 35.09 ° S , 14.37 ° W | 9 km | [13] |
| S. | 37.54 ° S , 19.41 ° W | 12 km | [14] |
| W. | 32.77 ° S , 15.31 ° W | 7 km | [15] |
| X | 33.67 ° S , 14.55 ° W | 7 km | [16] |
| Y | 33.13 ° S , 17.75 ° W | 8 kilometers | [17] |
| Z | 32.27 ° S , 15.01 ° W | 12 km | [18] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the German astronomer Johann Philipp von Wurzelbau .
Web links
- Wurzelbauer in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Wurzelbauer on The-Moon Wiki
- Spektrum.de : Amateur photo Pitatus and Wurzelbauer
Individual evidence
- ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .