Xenophanes (moon crater)
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| Xenophanes with side craters ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 57.49 ° N , 82.01 ° W | |
| diameter | 118 km | |
| depth | 3140 m | |
| Card sheet | 21 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Xenophanes (around 570-470 BC) | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Xenophanes is a lunar crater , which is located in the northwestern edge of the moon's front . It lies between the craters Cleostratus in the northeast and Volta in the southwest. The wall is badly eroded. It has a diameter of around 118 kilometers and was named after the philosopher Xenophanes .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 60.09 ° N , 84.84 ° W | 41 km | [1] |
| B. | 59.45 ° N , 80.52 ° W | 15 km | [2] |
| C. | 59.55 ° N , 78.97 ° W | 12 km | [3] |
| D. | 58.62 ° N , 77.61 ° W | 12 km | [4] |
| E. | 58.08 ° N , 85.63 ° W | 13 km | [5] |
| F. | 56.78 ° N , 73.4 ° W | 24 km | [6] |
| G | 56.94 ° N , 75.95 ° W | 7 km | [7] |
| K | 58.75 ° N , 84.42 ° W | 12 km | [8th] |
| L. | 54.82 ° N , 78.49 ° W | 22 km | [9] |
| M. | 54.8 ° N , 79.58 ° W | 9 km | [10] |
Web links
- Xenophanes in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Xenophanes 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 .
Xenophanes in the telescope