Crater Crater ( lat. Racah ) - a large ancient impact crater in the equatorial region of the far side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician Giulio Cancer (1909-1965) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The formation of the crater belongs to the nectar period [1] .
| Cancer | |
|---|---|
| lat Racah | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - II probe. | |
| Characteristics | |
| Diameter | 71.9 km |
| Deepest | 2700 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Giulio Cancer (1909-1965) - Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
- 1 Crater Description
- 2 Satellite Craters
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the crater are Aitken Crater in the west-south-west; Daedalus crater in the north; Amici Crater in the east-northeast; McKellar Crater in the east-southeast; Crater De Frieze in the south-south-east and Bergstrand crater in the south-west [2] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 71.9 km [3] , depth 2.7 km [1] .
The crater has a polygonal shape with protrusions in the southern and southeastern parts. The shaft is flattened, in the northern and southern parts it has depressions. The inner slope of the shaft has a ledge in the eastern part. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 1230 m [1] , the volume of the crater is approximately 3400 km³ [1] . The bottom of the bowl is crossed, with the exception of a flat area in the southwestern part. In the center of the bowl is a rounded peak and a short, flattened ridge; to the east of it is an elliptical crater.
Satellite Craters
| Cancer [3] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| B | 25.9 | |
| J | 27.5 | |
| K | 54,4 | |
| N | 34.5 | |
| T | 20,0 | |
| U | 23.6 | |
| W | 36.7 | |
| X | 13.9 |
- The formation of the satellite crater of Cancer N belongs to the Early Gimbian 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 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 .
- ↑ Cancer Crater on LAC-86.
- ↑ 1 2 Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures of the crater from the side of Apollo 11, Apollo 17.
- A snapshot of the crater from the probe-8 (to the left of the center of the image)
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.