Meitner Crater ( lat. Meitner ) is a large ancient impact crater in the equatorial region of the far side of the Moon . The name is given in honor of the Austrian physicist and radiochemist Lisa Meitner (1878-1968); approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The formation of the crater belongs to the nectar period [1] .
| Meitner | |
|---|---|
| lat Meitner | |
 Shot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 87.3 km |
| Deepest | 2817 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Lisa Meitner (1878-1968) - Austrian physicist and radiochemist. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of Meitner Crater are the huge Pasteur Crater in the west; Einthoven Crater in the north-north-west; Vesalius crater in the north; Langemak Crater in the east; Kondratyuk Crater in the southeast; Hvolson crater in the south and Hilbert crater in the southwest [2] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 87.3 km [3] , depth 2.8 km [1] .
Meitner Crater has a circular shape with a small protrusion in the southern part and is significantly destroyed. The shaft is flattened, the southern part of the shaft is almost equal to the surrounding area, the northeastern part of the shaft is overlain by the Meitner C satellite crater. In the western and eastern parts of the inner slope, the remains of the terrace-like structure are visible. the shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 1400 m [1] , the volume of the crater is approximately 7200 km³ [1] . The bottom of the bowl is relatively flat, dotted with many small craters. In the western part of the bowl there are two noticeable small bowl-shaped craters.
Satellite Craters
| Meitner | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 16,4 | |
| C | 20.3 | |
| H | 13.6 | |
| J | 13.9 | |
| R | 15.0 |
Gallery
Meitner Crater is a snapshot of the Lunar Orbiter II probe.
Meitner crater bowl, shot from Apollo 8 .
A shot of the crater from the side of Apollo 14 .
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 4 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 .
- ↑ Meitner Crater on LAC-83
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
Links
- Digital Photographic Atlas of the Moon
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 13, Apollon 14, Apollon 15, Apollon 17.
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.