Bancroft Crater ( lat. Bancroft ) - a small impact crater on the eastern border of the Sea of Rains on the visible side of the moon . The name is given in honor of the American physicist-chemist Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1867-1953) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
| Bancroft | |
|---|---|
| lat Bancroft | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 12.5 km |
| Deepest | 2490 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1867-1953) - American physicist-chemist. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
- 1 Crater Description
- 2 Satellite Craters
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Crater Description
In the northeast of the crater is the Archimedes crater; in the southeast - the mountains of Archimedes ; in the west-southwest - the craters Feye and Baer . In the area of the crater are the furrows of Archimedes [1] .
The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter - 12.5 km [2] , depth - 2.49 km [3] .
The crater has a cup-shaped shape with a small area of a flat bottom, with virtually no signs of destruction. The height of the shaft above the surrounding area is 490 m [4] . A narrow lowering stretches from the southeastern part of the rampart towards the Archimedes mountains.
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).
Before receiving its own name in 1976, the crater was designated Archimedes A (in the designation system of the so-called satellite craters located in the vicinity of the crater, which has its own name).
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
- ↑ Bancroft Crater on the LAC-41 map.
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ 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 .
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures from the side of Apollo 15, Apollo 17.
- Bancroft Crater on the LAC-41 map.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Bancroft Crater on the map LM-41.
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.