Bowen Crater ( lat. Bowen ) - a small impact crater located in the south of the Gem mountains on the visible side of the moon . The name is given in honor of the American astronomer Ira Spreyg Bowen (1898-1973) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1973.
| Bowen | |
|---|---|
| lat Bowen | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. Bowen Crater to the right of the center, to the left of it the satellite crater Manilius H. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 8.1 km |
| Deepest | 1100 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Ira Sprayg Bowen (1898-1973) - American astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
- 1 Crater Description
- 2 Satellite Craters
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Crater Description
The crater is located on the northeastern edge of Lake of Sorrows . Its closest neighbors are Yangel Crater in the west-south-west; Sulpicius Gall crater in the northeast; Menelaus crater in the east and Manilius crater in the south [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 8.1 km [2] , depth 1.1 km [3] .
Unlike craters of similar size, which are usually cup-shaped, the crater has a flat bottom of the bowl. The height of the shaft above the surrounding area is 300 m [4] . The volume of the crater is approximately 20 km³ [4] .
Prior to its renaming in 1973, the crater was called the satellite crater Manilius A.
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
- ↑ Bowen Crater on LAC-41.
- ↑ 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 17.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Bowen Crater on the LM-41 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.