Burnham Crater ( lat. Burnham ) is a small impact crater in the central part of the visible side of the Moon . The name is given in honor of the American astronomer Sherburn Wesley Burnham (1838-1921) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Burnham | |
|---|---|
| lat Burnham | |
 Shot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 24 km |
| Deepest | 760 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Sherburn Wesley Burnham (1838-1921) - American astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the Al Battani Crater in the northwest; Ritchie Crater in the north-northeast; Abu l'Fida Crater in the east; Vogel crater in the southwest [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 24 km [2] , depth 0.76 km [3] .
The crater shaft has a polygonal shape; a thin ledge is located in the southwestern part of the crater. There are gaps in the southwestern and northwestern parts of the rampart, and the southwestern gap continues with a valley 15 km away from the crater. The shaft height above the surrounding area is about 800 m [4] , the crater volume is about 400 km³ [4] . The crater bowl has a rugged uneven bottom.
Satellite Craters
| Burnham [2] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 6.1 | |
| B | 3.4 | |
| F | 8.4 | |
| K | 3,1 | |
| L | 3.8 | |
| M | 9.3 | |
| T | 3.4 |
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
- ↑ Burnham Crater on LAC-77.
- ↑ 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 .
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 14, Apollo 16.
- Burnham Crater on LAC-77.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Burnham Crater on the map of LM-77.
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.