Crater Reaumur ( lat. Réaumur ) - a large impact crater in the area of the southern coast of the Central Gulf , almost in the center of the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the French naturalist Rene Antoine Reaumur (1683-1757) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Reaumur | |
|---|---|
| lat Reaumur | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. Crater Reaumur in the center of the image, top left Oppolzer Crater. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 51.3 km |
| Deepest | 820 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Rene Antoine Reaumur (1683-1757) - French naturalist, member of the Paris Academy of Sciences , foreign honorary member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences . |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the Reaumur crater are the Oppolzer Crater adjacent to it in the northwest; the small craters Bruce and Blagg in the north; Zeliger Crater in the east; Hipparchus crater in the southeast; Gulden Crater in the south; Sprerer Crater in the southwest and Flammarion Crater in the west. The northern part of the crater is dissected by the Oppolzer furrow ; from the eastern end of the crater shaft, the Reaumur furrow begins [1] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 51.3 km [2] , depth 820 m [3] .
Crater Reaumur has a polygonal shape, is significantly destroyed and flooded with lava . The shaft is flattened, has numerous gaps and is a ring of freestanding peaks and ridges, the southern part of the shaft adjoins the mountainous terrain. The bottom of the bowl is flat, marked by many small craters.
Satellite Craters
| Reaumur | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 15.0 | |
| B | 3.8 | |
| C | 4.3 | |
| D | 4.0 | |
| K | 6.9 | |
| R | 13.0 | |
| W | 2.6 | |
| X | 4,5 | |
| Y | 3.0 |
- Satellite crater Reaumur E 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
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- A shot of the crater from the side of Apollo 12.
- Crater Reaumur on the map LAC-77.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Reaumur Crater on the map of LM-77.
- Crater Reaumur on the map AIC77B.
- Description of the crater on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.