Carrel crater ( lat. Carrel ) is a small impact crater in the central part of the Sea of Tranquility on the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the French surgeon , biologist , pathophysiologist and eugenist Alexis Carrel (1873–1944), approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1979.
| Carrel | |
|---|---|
| lat Carrel | |
 Snapshot of the Lunar Orbiter Probe - IV . | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 15.6 km |
| Deepest | 2190 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Alexis Carrel (1873-1944) - French surgeon, biologist, pathophysiologist, and eugenist. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
Crater MacLire and Ross are the crater's nearest neighbors in the west; the crater Pliny in the northwest; the crater of Jansen in the northeast; Sinas crater in the east-southeast; Crater Wallach to the southeast; the craters of Arago and Lamont in the southwest [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter - 15.6 km [2] , depth - 2.19 km [3] .
Carrel crater lies on a ridge stretching in the Sea of Tranquility , has a circular shape, broken by a large protrusion in the eastern part, almost not affected by the destruction. A shaft with a sharp edge, the inner slope of the shaft is smooth, with scree rocks at its foot. On the inner slope of the shaft thin vertical light and dark stripes alternate. The height of the shaft above the surrounding terrain reaches 560 m [4] . The bottom of the bowl is crossed.
Before obtaining its own name in 1979, the Carrel crater was called the satellite crater Jansen B.
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
- ↑ Carrel Crater on LAC-60 map
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfalls Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ 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 board of Apollo-15, Apollo-17.
- Carrel crater on LAC-60 map
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater
- Carrel crater on LM-60 map
- Photo topographical 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.