Crater Milne ( lat. Milne ) - a huge ancient impact crater (pool) in the southern hemisphere of the far side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the English astrophysicist and mathematician Eduard Arthur Milne (1896-1950) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The formation of the crater dates back to the preectarian period [1] .
| Milne | |
|---|---|
| lat Milne | |
 Shot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 260 km |
| Deepest | 3158 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Edward Arthur Milne (1896-1950) - English astrophysicist and mathematician. |
| 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 the Scaliger Crater, which covers the northwestern part of the Milne Crater rampart; Scheberle Crater in the northeast; Pizzetti Crater in the southeast; Bjerknes Crater in the south and Parkhurst Crater in the southwest. In the west-north-west of Milne Crater is the Lake of Solitude , in the south-west is the South Sea [2] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 260 km [3] , depth 3.2 km [1] .
Milne Crater has a polygonal shape and is significantly destroyed over a long time of its existence. The shaft is flattened and turned into an irregular ring of ridges. The southern part of the shaft is almost completely destroyed and blocked by satellite craters Milne N and Milne M (see below). The bottom of the bowl is relatively flat, dotted with many small craters, in the southern part of the bowl there is a large satellite crater Milne K and overlapping the southern part of the shaft of the last satellite crater Milne L. In the northeastern part of the bowl there is a dense cluster of small craters. The center of the bowl is surrounded by two centric semicircles of ridges and hills.
Satellite Craters
| Milne | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| K | 58.9 | |
| L | 29.8 | |
| M | 52.9 | |
| N | 36.8 | |
| P | 97.1 | |
| Q | 69.2 |
- The formation of the satellite crater Milne K belongs to the Early Imbrian period [1] .
- The formation of the satellite crater Milne M belongs to the nectar period [1] .
- The formation of the satellite crater Milne N belongs to the Copernican period [1] .
- The formation of satellite craters Milne P and Q refers to the preectarian 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 4 5 6 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 .
- ↑ Milne Crater on the LAC-101 map
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union