Langley Crater ( lat. Langley ) - a large impact crater in the northwestern part of the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the American astronomer , physicist , inventor of the bolometer and aviation pioneer Samuel Pirpont Langley (1834-1906) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1964.
| Langley | |
|---|---|
| lat Langley | |
 Shot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 59.2 km |
| Deepest | 2710 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Samuel Pirpont Langley (1834-1906) - American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are Stokes Crater in the northwest; Volta crater in the north; Repsold Crater in the east and Galvani Crater in the southeast. To the east of the crater are Repsold's furrows and, further, the Ocean of Storms [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 59.2 km [2] , depth 2.7 km [3] .
Langley crater has a polygonal shape, the north-western part slightly overlaps the Stokes crater, in turn, the south-eastern part of the Langley crater is partially blocked by the Galvani crater. The shaft is flattened and difficult to distinguish against the background of the surrounding area, the northern part of the shaft is overlain by satellite craters Langley K and Langley J (see below), the western part of the shaft is best preserved. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 1200 m [3] , the volume of the crater is approximately 2900 km³ [3] . The bottom of the bowl is relatively flat, without noticeable structures, marked by individual small craters.
Due to its location near the northwestern limb of the Moon, the crater during the observations has a distorted shape, the observations depend on libration .
Satellite Craters
| Langley | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| J | 20.8 | |
| K | 18.7 |
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
- ↑ Langley Crater on the LAC-21 map
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ 1 2 3 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 .