Asada Crater ( Latin: Asada ) is a small impact crater on the northern border of the Sea of Plenty on the visible side of the Moon . The name is given in honor of the Japanese astronomer Goryu Asada (1734-1799) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
| Al-assad | |
|---|---|
| lat Asada | |
 Snapshot of Lunar Orbiter Probe IV | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 12.4 km |
| Deepest | 2250 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Grief Assad (1734-1799) - Japanese astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
To the west-northwest of the crater is the Leonardo Da Vinci Crater; in the south-west is the Taruntius crater. Prior to its renaming, Assad crater was considered a satellite crater Taruntsii A [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 12.4 km [2] , depth 2.25 km [3] .
The crater has a cup shape with a small portion of the flat bottom of the bowl. The shaft height above the surrounding area is 450 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 69 km³ [4] . Traces of rocks ejected during impact form alternating light and dark radial bands on the inner slope of the crater.
According to morphological characteristics, the crater belongs to the Bio type (by the name of the Bio crater, which is a characteristic representative of this type).
Assad crater is included in the list of craters with dark radial bands on the inner slope of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [5] .
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
- ↑ Assad Crater on the LAC-61 map.
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ 1 2 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 .
- ↑ List of Craters with Dark Radial Stripes of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived December 3, 2013.
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures from the board of Apollo-10, Apollo-15, Apollo-17.
- Assad Crater on the LAC-61 map.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Assad Crater on AIC61 map.
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.