Zeno (moon crater)

Zeno
Zeno with Lacus Spei and Mercurius ( LROC -WAC)
position	45.13 °  N , 72.89 °  O coordinates: 45 ° 7 '48 "  N , 72 ° 53' 24"  O
diameter	65 km
depth	4420 m
Card sheet	28 (PDF)
Named after	Zeno of Kition (around 333 / 2–262 / 1 BC)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Zeno is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon . It lies south of the Mare Humboldtianum and east of Mercurius and Lacus Spei . The crater wall is terraced and heavily eroded.

List of side craters of Zeno

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	44.39 °  N , 69.5 °  E	48 km	[1]
B.	44.01 °  N , 71 °  E	36 km	[2]
D.	45.14 °  N , 70.89 °  E	29 km	[3]
E.	41.71 °  N , 70.68 °  O	18 km	[4]
F.	42.37 °  N , 79.96 °  O	18 km	[5]
G	43.92 °  N , 72.96 °  E	12 km	[6]
H	41.41 °  N , 74.27 °  O	17 km	[7]
J	44.18 °  N , 76.24 °  O	14 km	[8th]
K	42.82 °  N , 66.69 °  O	20 km	[9]
P	43.41 °  N , 66.13 °  O	11 km	[10]
U	42.37 °  N , 68.87 °  O	16 km	[11]
V	43.18 °  N , 69.35 °  O	21 km	[12]
W.	43.37 °  N , 67.82 °  O	12 km	[13]
X	43.55 °  N , 76.66 °  O	19 km	[14]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek philosopher Zenon von Kition .

Web links

• Zeno in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Zeno 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 .