Zinner (moon crater)
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| Zinner and Dorsa Burnet ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 26.63 ° N , 58.84 ° W | |
| diameter | 5 km | |
| Card sheet | 38 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Ernst Zinner (1886–1970) | |
| Named since | 1973 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Zinner is a small impact crater in Oceanus Procellarum north of Schiaparelli crater . It lies on a straight beam running northeast from Seleucus crater . In the north-west is the little larger crater Golgi . The ridge of the Dorsa Burnet extends to the east .
Tin is circular and cup-shaped and has a very high albedo in relation to the mare surrounding it .
Before it was given its own designation by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1973 , it was known as 'Schiaparelli B'.
Web links
- Zinner in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Zinner crater in the "Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon"
