Crater Banachevicz ( lat. Banachiewicz ) - the remains of the impact crater , located at the eastern limb of the visible side of the moon . The name is given in honor of the Russian-Polish astronomer , surveyor and mathematician Tadeusz Arturovich Banachevich (1882-1954) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1964.
| Banachevich | |
|---|---|
| lat Banachiewicz | |
 A picture from the board of Apollo 11 . | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 100 km |
| Deepest | 1680 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Tadeusz Arturovich Banachevich (1882-1954) - Russian-Polish astronomer, surveyor and mathematician. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
In the northeast of the crater is the Sea of the Region , in the southeast - the Sea of Smith . The immediate neighbors of the crater are Wildt Crater in the northwest; Napier Crater in the northeast; Takini Crater in the east; Schubert Crater in the south. In the bowl of the crater is the Knox Show Crater [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter - 100 km [2] , depth - 1.68 km [3] .
During its existence, the crater is almost completely destroyed and its structure has lost its pronounced outlines. The most preserved are separate sections of the western and southwestern parts of the crater shaft. The height of the shaft above the surrounding area is 1430 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 8000 km³ [4] .
Satellite Craters
| Banachevich [2] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| B | 23.0 | |
| C | 21.3 | |
| E | 8.6 |
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
- ↑ Crater Banachevich on the map LAC63
- ↑ 1 2 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 .