Herschel Crater J. ( Latin J. Herschel ), not to be confused with Herschel Crater or Herschel K. Crater, is an ancient large impact crater in the northern hemisphere of the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the English astronomer and physicist John Herschel (1792-1871) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935. The formation of the crater refers to the preectarian period [1] .
| Herschel J. | |
|---|---|
| lat J. Herschel | |
 Shot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 154 km |
| Deepest | 900 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | John Herschel (1792-1871) - English astronomer and physicist. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the Pythagoras crater in the west-north-west; craters Anaximander and Carpenter in the northwest; Fontenel Crater in the east; Horrebou Crater in the south; craters Robinson and South in the southwest, as well as the Babbage crater in the west-southwest. To the south of the crater is the Sea of Cold [2] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 154 km [3] , depth 0.9 km [4] .
During its existence, the crater was significantly destroyed, the crater shaft was preserved in the form of a ring of individual ridges, the eastern part of the shaft was most preserved. The average height of the crater shaft above the surrounding area is 1810 m [1] . The bottom of the crater bowl is relatively flat, dotted with many small craters. In the meridional direction, several low ridges cross the cup of the crater. In the southeastern part of the bowl at the foot of the rampart there is a large area of pyroclastic deposits with an area of about 666 km² containing olivine in volcanic ash [5] .
Satellite Craters
| Herschel J. [3] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| B | 7.4 | |
| C | 12.0 | |
| D | 9,4 | |
| F | 18.9 | |
| K | 8.4 | |
| L | 7.5 | |
| M | 8.6 | |
| N | 6.9 | |
| P | 6.1 | |
| R | 8.7 |
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 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 .
- ↑ Herschel J. Crater on LAC-11 map
- ↑ 1 2 Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ Crater description on The Moon-Wiki