Crater Braude ( lat. Braude ) - a small impact crater located in the southern circumpolar region on the far side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the Soviet and Ukrainian radio physicist and radio astronomer Semyon Yakovlevich Braude (1911-2003) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2009. There is no information on the period of the formation of the crater.
| Braude | |
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| lat Braude | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. Braude Crater in the center of the picture. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 11.3 km |
| Deepest | 1846 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Semyon Yakovlevich Braude (1911-2003) - Soviet and Ukrainian radio physicist and radio astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the large Nefedyev Crater in the west; the giant Schrödinger Crater in the northwest; the small Laveran crater in the east and the Wichert crater in the south [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 11.3 km [2] , depth 1.8 km [3] .
The crater has a cup shape. The height of the shaft above the surrounding area is 420 m [3] . The volume of the crater is approximately 60 km³ [3] .
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
- ↑ Braude Crater on LAC144
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ 1 2 3 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 .