Curtis Crater ( lat. Curtis ) is a small impact crater in the western part of the Sea of Crises on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the American astronomer Heber Dust Curtis (1872 - 1942) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1973.
| Curtis | |
|---|---|
| lat Curtis | |
 Shot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 2.9 km |
| Deepest | 610 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Geber Dust Curtis (1859-1906) - American astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are Picard Crater in the west; Craters Pierce and Swift in the northwest; Eckert Crater in the northeast; Fahrenheit Crater in the east-southeast; Shapley Crater in the south and Lick Crater in the southwest. In the south-east of Curtis Crater are the Harker Ranges , in the south of the Terme Ridge [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 2.9 km [3] , depth 610 m [4] .
Curtis Crater is a circular bowl-shaped crater with a small area of a flat bottom. The inner slope of the shaft is smooth. The shaft height above the surrounding area is about 70 m [5] , the volume of the crater is approximately 0.32 km 3 [5] .
Before obtaining its own name in 1973, the Curtis crater was called the Picter Z satellite crater.
Satellite Craters
Are absent.
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
- ↑ Map of the visible side of the moon.
- ↑ Curtis Crater on LAC-62.
- ↑ 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 17.
- Curtis Crater on the LAC-62 map.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Curtis Crater on the LM-62 map.
- Topographic 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.