Crater Draper ( lat. Draper ) - a small impact crater in the southern part of the Sea of Rains on the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the American astronomer Henry Draper (1837-1882) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Draper | |
|---|---|
| lat Draper | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter IV probe. Draper Crater above, below the satellite crater Draper S. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 8.3 km |
| Deepest | 1740 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Henry Draper (1837–1882) is an American astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the Pithaeus crater in the north-northeast; Eratosthenes crater in the east-southeast; Gay-Lussac Crater in the south and Mayer T. Crater in the west-south-west. To the west of the crater is Draper’s furrow , to the south lies the Carpathian mountains , to the east are the Apennines [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 8.3 km [2] , depth 1.74 km [3] .
The crater has a circular bowl shape. A shaft with a sharp edge and a smooth wide inner slope descending to the center of the bowl. The northeastern part of the shaft is marked by a small noticeable crater. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 300 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 20 km³ [4] . The bottom of the bowl has a spherical shape. According to morphological characteristics, the crater belongs to the ALC type (according to the name of a typical representative of this type - Al-Battani Crater C ).
Satellite Craters
| Draper | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 3.9 | |
| C | 7.4 |
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
- ↑ Draper Crater on the LAC-40 map
- ↑ 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 15, Apollo 17
- Draper Crater on the LAC-40 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.