Zähringer (moon crater)
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| Zähringer (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 5.51 ° N , 40.2 ° E | |
| diameter | 11 km | |
| Card sheet | 61 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Josef Zähringer (1929–1970) | |
| Named since | 1976 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Zähringer is a small impact crater near the south-eastern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis . In the northeast lies the Lawrence crater, flooded by lava , and in the southeast the Secchi Mountains with the eponymous Secchi crater . Further to the east is the large Taruntius crater .
Zähringer has a circular, bowl-like shape and contains a small crater floor in the center of the sloping inner walls. There are no traces of erosion from subsequent impacts.
Before it was named after the physicist Josef Zähringer by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 , it was referred to as 'Taruntius E'.
Web links
- Zähringer in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Zähringer on The-Moon Wiki
- Environment of the Zähringer crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
