The Gilbert crater ( lat. Gilbert ), not to be confused with the crater Gilbert ( lat. Hilbert ), as well as with the crater Gilbert on Mars , is an ancient large impact crater in the eastern equatorial part of the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the American geologist and geomorphologist Grove Karl Gilbert (1843-1918) and the English physicist William Gilbert ; approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1964. The formation of the crater belongs to the pre-sectarian period [1] .
| Gilbert | |
|---|---|
| lat Gilbert | |
 Snapshot of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 100 km |
| Deepest | 3700 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918) - American geologist and geomorphologist, William Gilbert (1544–1603) - English physicist. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The crater's nearest neighbors are the Rankin crater in the west; Nobili crater in the north; Weierstrass and Van Vlek craters adjacent to the northeastern part of the Gilbert crater; Avery and Carrillo craters in the east; Kestner crater in the southeast; as well as the Bering crater in the southwest. In the northeastern part of the Gilbert crater bowl is the small crater Heissler . To the east of the crater is the Sea of Smith , in the northwest Sea of Waves [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 100 km [3] , depth 3.7 km [4] .
For a long time of its existence, the crater is significantly destroyed, the shaft is blocked by many craters of various sizes, the southern part of the shaft is almost completely destroyed. The average height of the crater shaft above the surrounding area is 1550 m [1] , the volume of the crater is approximately 12,900 km³. [1] . The bottom of the crater is comparatively even, dotted with a multitude of small craters concentrated mainly in the meridional central part of the bowl; several low ridges stretch from the center of the bowl to the south.
Due to its location at the eastern limb of the moon, the crater, when observed from the Earth, has a highly distorted shape.
Satellite craters
| Gilbert [3] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| J | 35.4 | |
| K | 39.4 | |
| P | 19.5 | |
| S | 17.3 | |
| V | 15.8 | |
| W | 21.8 |
The following craters were renamed in 1976 by the International Astronomical Union:
- Satellite crater Gilbert D - in the crater Geisler .
- Satellite crater Gilbert M - in the crater Van Vlek .
- Satellite crater Gilbert N - to Weierstrass crater.
- Satellite crater Gilbert U - in Avery crater.
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
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Gilbert Crater on LAC-81 map
- ↑ 1 2 Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfalls Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon
- Photos of the crater from the board of Apollo-8, Apollo-10, Apollo-11, Apollo-14, Apollo-15, Apollo-16, Apollo-17
- Topographic map of the vicinity of the crater
- Nomenclature Zoo.
- Crater description on The Moon-Wiki
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.