Naumann Crater ( lat. Naumann ) is a small impact crater in the central part of the Ocean of Storms on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the German mineralogist and geologist Karl Friedrich Naumann (1797-1873) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Nauman | |
|---|---|
| lat Naumann | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 9.9 km |
| Deepest | 1840 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Karl Friedrich Naumann (1797–1873) is a German mineralogist and geologist. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the Humason Crater in the southeast and the Lichtenberg Crater in the southwest. In the north-north-east of the Nauman crater is located Rumker peak ; in the southeast are the mountains of Agricola [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 52.0 km [2] , depth 1840 m [3] .
The Nauman crater has a circular cup-shaped shape with a small area of a flat bottom. A shaft with a clearly defined edge and a smooth inner slope with high albedo . The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 330 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 30 km³ [4] . According to morphological characteristics, the crater belongs to the BIO type (according to the name of a typical representative of this class - the Bio crater). It is included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [5] .
Satellite Craters
| Nauman | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| B | 10.7 | |
| G | 6.2 |
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
- ↑ Nauman Crater on the LAC-22 map
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ 1 2 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 .
- ↑ List of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived on March 4, 2016.
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 15.
- Nauman Crater on the LAC-23 map.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Sheet 8.
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.