Crater Briggs ( lat. Briggs ) - impact crater located in the western part of the Ocean of Storms on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the English mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1630) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935. The formation of the crater dates back to the Late Umbrian era [1] .
| Briggs | |
|---|---|
| lat Briggs | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 36.8 km |
| Deepest | 1200 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Henry Briggs (1561-1630) - English mathematician. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
- 1 Crater Description
- 2 Satellite Craters
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are Russell Crater in the west; Lichtenberg crater in the north-north-east; Golgi and Zinner craters in the east; Seleucus crater in the south-southeast; Craters Eddington and Struve in the south [2] .
Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 36.8 km [3] , depth 1.2 km [4] .
The crater has an irregular shape with protrusions in the northern and southern parts. The shaft height above the surrounding area is 1000 m [1] , the volume of the crater is approximately 1000 km³ [1] . The bottom of the crater bowl is uneven, there are concentric grooves. In the direction north-south in the bowl is a long ridge. There is a central peak with an elevation of 200 m [5] .
Satellite Craters
| Briggs [3] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 25.1 | |
| B | 25.0 | |
| FROM | 5.5 |
- The Briggs B satellite crater is included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [6] .
- The height of the central peak of the Briggs B satellite crater is 300 m [5] .
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
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Briggs Crater on the LAC-38 map
- ↑ 1 2 Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ 1 2 Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki
- ↑ List of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived on March 4, 2016.
Links
- Digital Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 15
- Briggs Crater on the LAC-38 map
- Briggs Crater on the map LM-38
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.