Mersenius Crater ( lat. Mersenius ) is a large ancient impact crater in the area of the western coast of the Sea of Humidity on the visible side of the Moon . The name is given in honor of the French mathematician , physicist , philosopher and theologian , music theorist Maren Mersenne (1588–1648); approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935. The formation of the crater belongs to the nectar period [1] .
| Mersenne | |
|---|---|
| lat Mersenius | |
 A snapshot of the Clementine probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 84.5 km |
| Deepest | 2860 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Maren Mersenne (1588–1648) - French mathematician, physicist, philosopher and theologian, music theorist. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
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Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the crater are the Tsupi crater in the northwest; Gassendi Crater in the northeast; Liebig Crater in the south-southeast; crater De Gasparis in the south-south-west and crater Cavendish in the south-west. In the east-north-east of the Mersenne crater are the furrows of Mersenne ; in the southeast, the Liebig ledge ; in the south of De Gasparis furrow [2] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 84.5 km [3] , depth 2860 m [4] .
Mersenne Crater has a polygonal shape and is significantly destroyed over a long time of its existence. The rampart is smoothed, especially in the northern part, the south-western part of the rampart is blocked by the satellite crater Mersenne H (see below), the western part is dissected by three parallel valleys. The height of the shaft in the eastern part reaches 2100 m above the bottom of the bowl [5] . The inner slope retained the remains of a terrace-like structure. The volume of the crater is approximately 6600 km³ [1] . The bottom of the crater bowl is flooded and leveled with basaltic lava , further raising of the lava below the surface led to a rise in the center of the bowl by approximately 450 m compared to the foot of the inner slope and the formation of a network of furrows over the entire area. From south-south-west to north-north-east the bowl is crossed by a chain of craters.
Crater has a brightness of 9 ° according to the Schröter brightness table
Crater Section
The graph below shows a cross-section of the crater in various directions [6] , the scale along the ordinate axis is indicated in feet , the scale in meters is indicated in the upper right part of the illustration.
Short Moon Phenomena
Short-term lunar phenomena (CL) in the form of turbidity were observed in the Mersenne crater.
Satellite craters
| Mersenne | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| B | 13.3 | |
| C | 13.6 | |
| D | 31 | |
| E | 9.5 | |
| H | 15.3 | |
| J | 6.0 | |
| K | 4.5 | |
| L | 3.7 | |
| M | 5.3 | |
| N | 3.1 | |
| P | 39,4 | |
| R | 5.2 | |
| S | 15.6 | |
| U | 4.7 | |
| V | 4.2 | |
| W | 4.7 | |
| X | 4.5 | |
| Y | 4.0 | |
| Z | 3.7 |
- The Mersenne M satellite crater is a concentric crater.
- Satellite craters Mersenne C and Mersenne S are included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [7] .
- The Mersenn S satellite crater is included in the list of craters with dark radial bands on the inner slope of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [8] .
- The formation of satellite craters Mersenne D and P belongs to the nectar period [1] .
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 .
- ↑ Mersenne Crater on LAC-93 map
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfalls Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ Crater description on The Moon-Wiki.
- ↑ Catalog of lunar craters cross sections I Craters with peaks by Gerald S. Hawkins, William H. Zack and Stephen M. Saslow
- ↑ List of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived March 4, 2016.
- ↑ List of Craters with Dark Radial Stripes of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived December 3, 2013.
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 16.
- Mersenne Crater on the map of LAC-93.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Mercy, Mersenius.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.