Crater Meran ( lat. Mairan ) is a large impact crater in the area of the northeast coast of Ocean of Storms on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the French geophysicist , astronomer and chronobiologist Jean d' Ort de Mérand (1678-1771) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935. The formation of the crater belongs to the Late Imbrian period [1] .
| Meran | |
|---|---|
| lat Mairan | |
 Snapshot of the Lunar Orbiter Probe - IV . | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 39.5 km |
| Deepest | 2670 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Jean d' Ortou de Meran (1678-1771) - French geophysicist, astronomer and chronobiologist. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The crater's closest neighbors are the crater Louvil in the northwest; Sharp crater in the north-northeast and Gruituisen crater in the south-southeast. To the east of Meran Crater are the Jura Mountains and, behind them, the Rainbow Bay ; in the south-southeast - the peak of Gruituisen-Gamma ; in the south-southwest - the furrow of Meran [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 39.5 km [3] , depth 2670 m [4] .
Crater Meran has a polygonal shape and is almost not destroyed. Shaft with a clearly defined sharp edge, the inner slope of the terrace-like structure. The height of the shaft above the surrounding terrain reaches 1030 m [1] , the volume of the crater is approximately 1200 km ³ [1] . The bottom of the bowl is relatively even, except for the crossed eastern part.
To the west of the crater Meran is the satellite crater Meran T - supposedly a crater atop the shield volcano [5] .
Satellite craters
| Meran | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 15.8 | |
| C | 6.4 | |
| D | 10.0 | |
| E | 5.6 | |
| F | 8.4 | |
| G | 5.6 | |
| H | 4.5 | |
| K | 6.0 | |
| L | 6.0 | |
| N | 5.9 | |
| T | 3.0 | |
| Y | 5.7 |
- Satellite craters Meran A and Meran G are included in the list of craters with the bright ray system of the Association of Moon and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [6] .
See also
- List of craters on the moon
- Moon crater
- Morphological catalog of craters of the moon
- 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 .
- ↑ Meran Crater on LAC-23 map
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfalls Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ MORPHOMETRY OF LUNAR VOLCANIC DOMES FROM LROC. T. Tran1, MS Robinson1, SJ Law-rence1, SE Braden1, J. Plescia2, BR Hawke3, BL Jolliff4, JD Stopar1, and the LROC Team, 1School of the Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, thanh.n.tran@asu.edu, 2Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel MD. 3Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, HI. 4Dept. Earth & Planetary Schools, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
- ↑ The list of craters with the bright ray system of the Association of Moon and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived on March 4, 2016.
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Snapshot of the crater from the board of Apollo 15.
- Crater Meran on the map LAC-23.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Three Rilles and a Strange Volcano.
- Crater description on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.