Louville Crater ( lat. Louville ), not to be confused with Liouville Crater ( lat. Liouville ) - a large impact crater on the northeast coast of Storm Ocean on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the French astronomer and mathematician Jacques Eugène Louville (1671-1732) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Louville | |
|---|---|
| lat Louville | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 34.8 km |
| Deepest | 1870 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Jacques Eugene Louville (1671-1732) - French astronomer and mathematician. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the Foucault Crater in the northeast; Sharp Crater in the east-northeast and Meran Crater in the southeast. To the west of the crater is the Sharp furrow ; in the north is the Bay of Dew [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 34.8 km [2] , depth 1.87 km [3] .
The Louville crater is completely destroyed over the long time of its existence and represents a decrease in the terrain of irregular shape without clear boundaries. The western part of the shaft remains is covered by the Louvil B satellite crater (see below).
Satellite Craters
| Louville | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 8.5 | |
| B | 8.0 | |
| D | 6.9 | |
| Da | 10.8 | |
| E | 5.7 | |
| K | 5.3 | |
| P | 7.2 |
- The Luvil D satellite crater is included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [4] .
- The Louvil Da satellite crater is a concentric crater.
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