Pontano Crater ( lat. Pontanus ) - a large impact crater in the southern hemisphere of the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the Italian astronomer and poet Giovanni Pontano (1426-1503) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Pontano | |
|---|---|
| lat Pontanus | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 55.7 km |
| Deepest | 1800 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Giovanni Pontano (1426-1503) - Italian astronomer and poet. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the crater are Apian Crater in the west-north-west; Sacrobosco crater in the north-northeast; Wilkins Crater in the east-southeast; Goodacre Crater in the south and Poisson Crater in the west-south-west [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 55.7 km [2] , depth 1800 m [3] .
Pontano Crater is close to circular with a protrusion in the southern part and moderately destroyed. The shaft is flattened and blocked by many small craters, especially in the eastern part, the southern part of the shaft is almost equal to the surrounding area, in the northern part of the shaft there is a decrease. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 1180 m [4] , the volume of the crater is approximately 2700 km³ [4] . The bottom of the bowl is crossed, with the exception of a flat area in the northwestern part. In the center of the bowl is a rounded, smoothed central peak with a height of about 800 m [5] from which small ridges extend north and north-west. East of the central peak is another rounded peak.
Satellite Craters
| Pontano | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 9.5 | |
| B | 12.1 | |
| C | 22.0 | |
| D | 20,4 | |
| E | 12.8 | |
| F | 10.5 | |
| G | 23,4 | |
| H | 29.9 | |
| J | 8.9 | |
| K | 8.6 | |
| L | 5.9 | |
| M | 4.8 | |
| N | 9.8 | |
| O | 10.1 | |
| P | 3.6 | |
| Q | 4.7 | |
| R | 5.9 | |
| S | 6.4 | |
| T | 7.1 | |
| U | 4,5 | |
| V | 13.1 | |
| W | 6.8 | |
| X | 12,4 | |
| Y | 23,4 | |
| Z | 4,5 |
- The Pontano 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) [6] .
- The height of the central peak of the Pontano satellite crater G in the eastern part is 600 m [5] .
- The height of the central peak of the Pontano satellite crater is H 700 m [5] .
- The Pontano E satellite crater is a concentric crater.
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
- ↑ Pontano Crater on the map LAC-96
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Naosuke Sekiguchi, 1972. Catalog of Central Peaks and Floor Objects of the Lunar Craters on the Visible Hemisphere. University of Tokyo Press and University Park Press.
- ↑ List of Craters with Dark Radial Stripes of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived December 3, 2013.