Gould Crater ( lat. Gould ) - the remains of an ancient large impact crater in the central part of the Sea of Clouds on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the American astronomer Benjamin Aptorp Gould (1824-1896) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Gould | |
|---|---|
| lat Gould | |
 Snapshot of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter . | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 33 km |
| Deepest | 190 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Benjamin Uthorp Gould (1824–1896) is an American astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the Lubinetsky crater in the west-north-west, the Opelt crater in the north, the Nikolle crater in the southeast, the Wolf crater in the south and the Bulliald crater in the west-south-west [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 33 km [2] , depth 0.19 km [3] .
The crater is flooded with basaltic lava during the formation of the Sea of Clouds, and only certain segments of its rampart above the sea surface. The western part of the rampart, which is a curved ridge, is best preserved. The shaft height above the surrounding area is 960 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 820 km³ [4] . The southern part of the bowl is crossed by a chain of craters that does not have its own name.
Satellite Craters
| Gould [2] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 3.3 | |
| B | 3,5 | |
| M | 41.5 | |
| N | 17.3 | |
| P | 7.5 | |
| U | 2.7 | |
| X | 2,3 | |
| Y | 2,5 | |
| Z | 2.0 |
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
- ↑ Crater Gould on the map LAC-94
- ↑ 1 2 Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's 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 .
Links
- Digital Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 16
- Gould Crater on LAC-94 map
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.