Kirchhoff Crater ( lat. Kirchhoff ) - a large impact crater in the northern Taurus Mountains on the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of one of the great physicists of the 19th century, Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Kirchhoff | |
|---|---|
| lat Kirchhoff | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 24.4 km |
| Deepest | 2590 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887) is one of the great physicists of the 19th century. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
- 1 Crater Description
- 2 Satellite Craters
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 References
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the Kirchhoff crater are the Shakornak crater in the west; Bond J. Crater in the northwest; Mori Crater in the north; Newcom Crater in the east and Roemer Crater in the south-south-west. In the west-north-west of the Kirchhoff crater there is the furrow of Bond J. , in the north the Lake of Dreams , in the south the Taurus Mountains and beyond them the Bay of Love [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 24.4 km [2] , depth 2.59 km [3] .
The crater has a polygonal shape, significantly destroyed. The outlines of the shaft are smoothed. The satellite crater Kirchhoff C is adjacent to the eastern part of the rampart (see below). The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 840 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 370 km 3 [4] . The bottom of the bowl is crossed, in the center of the bowl there is a low ridge oriented from the northwest to the southeast.
Satellite Craters
| Kirchhoff | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| C | 22.8 | |
| E | 26.2 | |
| F | 27.8 | |
| G | 17.7 |
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
- ↑ Kirchhoff Crater on LAC-43 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
- Kirchhoff Crater on the map LAC-43
- 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.