Mayer T. Crater ( lat. T. Mayer ), not to be confused with Mayer K. Crater, is a large impact crater in the western Carpathian Mountains on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the German cartographer and astronomer Tobias Mayer (1723-1762) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935. The formation of the crater dates back to the Early Imbrian period [1] .
| Mayer T. | |
|---|---|
| lat T. Mayer | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter-IV probe. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 33.2 km |
| Deepest | 2920 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Tobias Mayer (1723-1762) - German cartographer and astronomer, who became famous for his study of the moon. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
- 1 Crater Description
- 2 Satellite Craters
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are Bessarion Crater in the west; Braille Crater in the northwest; Natasha Crater in the north-north-west; Euler Crater in the north; Draper Crater in the east-northeast; Gay-Lussac Crater East-Southeast; Copernicus crater in the southeast and Milikhiy crater in the south. To the west of Mayer T. Crater is the Ocean of Storms ; in the northeast of the Sea of Rains ; in the south Sea of Islands ; in the south-west is the furrow of T. Mayer [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 33.2 km [3] , depth 2920 m [4] .
Mayer T. Crater has a circular shape with a small protrusion in the northwestern part and is practically not destroyed. The shaft is slightly flattened, in the northern and southern parts it has saddle depressions, in the eastern part the shaft rises to a height of 3000 m above the bottom of the bowl [5] . The inner slope of the shaft is smooth except for the eastern part, where traces of a terrace-like structure are visible. The Meyer T. A satellite crater adjoins the southeastern part of the rampart (see below). The volume of the Mayer T. crater is approximately 770 km³ [1] . The bottom of the bowl is flat, there is a small central peak somewhat offset north of the center, and a group of low hills is located in the western part of the bowl.
A cluster of shield volcanoes is located south of the crater, some of which have tiny craters on top.
Satellite Craters
| Mayer T. | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 16,2 | |
| B | 12.1 | |
| C | 14.9 | |
| D | 7.6 | |
| E | 8.4 | |
| F | 5.1 | |
| G | 7.0 | |
| H | 4.7 | |
| K | 4.8 | |
| L | 4.0 | |
| M | 5.1 | |
| N | 4.3 | |
| P | 37.0 | |
| R | 4.2 | |
| S | 2.9 | |
| W | 33.5 | |
| Z | 4.3 |
- Satellite craters Mayer T. A and Mayer T. C are included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [6] .
- The formation of the satellite crater Meyer T. W belongs to the Early Gimbian period [1] .
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
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Mayer T. Crater on LAC-58
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ Crater description on The Moon-Wiki.
- ↑ List of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived on March 4, 2016.