Carlini Crater ( lat. Carlini ) —a small impact crater in the central part of the Sea of Rains on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the Italian astronomer Francesco Carlini (1783-1862) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Carlini | |
|---|---|
| lat Carlini | |
 Snapshot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 10.7 km |
| Deepest | 2200 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Francesco Carlini (1783-1862) - Italian astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are Herschel K. Crater in the west; Helikon crater in the north; Leverrier Crater in the north-north-east; Landsteiner Crater in the east-southeast; McDonald Crater in the southeast; Cavantou Crater in the southwest and Hayes Crater in the west-southwest. To the west of Karlini Crater is the Khaimah Ridge ; in the northwest of Cape Heraclides ; in the south is the ridge of Cirkel and the peak of La Gira [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 10.7 km [2] , depth 2.2 km [3] .
The crater has a circular bowl shape with a small area of a flat bottom. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 370 m [4] , the volume of the crater is about 40 km 3 [4] . The crater albedo is higher than the surrounding area, which is typical of young craters. According to morphological characteristics, the crater belongs to the BIO type (according to the name of a typical representative of this class - the Bio crater).
Satellite craters
| Carlini | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 6,6 | |
| C | 3.5 | |
| D | 9 | |
| E | 1,3 | |
| G | 3.8 | |
| H | 3.6 | |
| K | 3.5 | |
| L | 3 | |
| S | 4.1 |
- The Carlini Crater and the satellite Carlini Craters E, G and H are included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [5] .
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
- ↑ Carlini Crater on the LAC-24 map
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfalls 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 .
- ↑ List of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived March 4, 2016.
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 15.
- Karlini Crater on LAC-24
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater
- Crater description on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.