Crater Delport ( lat. Delporte ) - a large impact crater in the southern hemisphere of the far side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the Belgian astronomer Eugene Joseph Delport (1882-1955) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. The formation of the crater belongs to the Late Imbrian period [1] .
| Delport | |
|---|---|
| lat Delporte | |
 Snapshot of the Apollo 15 | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 42.5 km |
| Deepest | 2273 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Eugene Joseph Delport (1882-1955) - Belgian astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The crater Delport is located in the northwestern part of the Fermi crater. The closest neighbors of the crater Delport are Kondratyuk crater in the west; Craters Sherrington and Langemak in the north-north-west; the crater of Danjon in the north-northeast; Craters Dobrovolsky and Shirakatsi in the east-northeast; Litke crater in the southeast and Diderot crater in the south [3] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 42.5 km [4] , depth 2.3 km [5] .
The crater has a polygonal shape, moderately destroyed. On the northern part of the inner slope of the shaft passes a ledge. The height of the shaft above the surrounding terrain reaches 1080 m [5] , the volume of the crater is approximately 1600 km ³ [5] . The bottom of the crater bowl is crossed, from the center of the bowl to the north there is a ridge consisting of anorthosite rocks [6] .
Satellite craters
None.
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
- ↑ Crater description on The Moon-Wiki site
- ↑ Map of the far side of the moon.
- ↑ Crater Delport on the map LAC-83.
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Stefanie Tompkins and Carle M. Pieters (1999) Minerallogy of the lunar crust: Results from Clementine Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 34, pp. 25-41.