Wildt Crater is a small lunar impact crater on the eastern edge of the disk of the visible side of the moon , formerly known as Condorcet K. In 1979, the International Astronomical Union gave the crater a new name in honor of the German - American astronomer Rupert Wildt [1] .
| Wildt | |
|---|---|
| English Wildt | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter IV probe | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 12.3 km |
| Type of | Shock |
| Deepest | 2870 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Rupert Wildt ( 1905 - 1976 ) - German - American astronomer . |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
- 1 Crater Description
- 2 Satellite Craters
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the crater are the Condorcet and Hansen craters in the northwest, the Sabatier crater in the northeast, the Napier crater in the east, the Banachevich crater in the southeast, and the Boethius crater in the southwest. In the south-west of the crater is the Sea of Waves , in the northeast of the Sea of Marginal , in the southeast of the Sea of Smith [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 12.3 km [3] , depth 2.87 km [4] .
In shape, the crater boundary is an almost regular circle with a diameter of about 12 km [3] . The bowl-shaped crater with a small area of a flat bottom, the inner walls have a stepped protrusion at half its height. The crater depth is about 2.87 km [5] . the height of the crater shaft above the surrounding area is 410 m [5] , the volume of the crater is approximately 50 km³ [5] . Crater albedo is much higher than the surrounding area, which is typical for most young craters. According to morphological characteristics, the crater belongs to the BIO type (according to the name of a typical representative of this class - Bio crater).
Satellite Craters
Are absent.
See also
- List of Craters on the Moon
- Lunar crater
- Morphological catalog of Moon Craters
- Planetary nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ Morphological catalog of the craters of the Moon / J. F. Rodionova, A. A. Karlov, T. P. Skobelev, etc. Under the general editorship of V.V. Shevchenko. - M .: Publishing House of Moscow State University, 1987 .-- 173 p.
- ↑ Wildt Crater on the LAC-63 map
- ↑ 1 2 Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ Westfall JE Digitized Lunar Crater Depths - Westfall (2000) Appendix // Atlas of the Lunar Terminator . - England : Cambridge University Press , 2000 .-- 292 p. - ISBN 0521590027 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Lunar Impact Crater Database . Losiak A., Kohout T., O'Sulllivan K., Thaisen K., Weider S. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, Lunar Exploration Intern Program, 2009); updated by Öhman T. in 2011. Archived page .