Crater Brayslak ( lat. Breislak ) - a large impact crater located in the southern mainland of the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the Italian geologist of German origin, Scipio Breislak (1748–1826) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Brayslak | |
|---|---|
| lat Breislak | |
 Snapshot of the Lunar Orbiter Probe - IV . | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 48.6 km |
| Deepest | 3520 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Scipio Braislak (1748–1826) is an Italian geologist of German origin. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the crater are the Klero crater in the west; the ancient crater of Barozzi in the north; Ideler crater in the east-southeast and large Bacon crater in the south [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 48.6 km [2] , depth 3.52 km [3] .
The crater was considerably destroyed during its existence, the crater shaft was blocked by numerous small craters. One of these craters cut a tooth in the south-eastern part of the shaft. In the northern part of the inner slope of the shaft lies a small crater. The height of the shaft above the surrounding terrain is 1120 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 1900 km³. [4] . The bottom of the crater is relatively even, marked by many small craters.
Satellite craters
| Brayslak [2] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 6.7 | |
| B | 7.4 | |
| C | 5.3 | |
| D | 4.1 | |
| E | 7,6 | |
| F | 6.3 | |
| G | 15.7 |
See also
- List of craters on the moon
- Moon crater
- Morphological catalog of craters of the moon
- Planetary Nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the Moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ Brayslak Crater on LAC-127 map
- ↑ 1 2 Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfalls 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 .