Riedel Crater ( lat. Riedel ) - a large ancient impact crater in the southern hemisphere of the far side of the moon . The name is given in honor of German engineers in the field of rocketry Klaus Riedel (1907-1944) and Walter Riedel (1902-1968); approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The formation of the crater belongs to the nectar period [1] .
| Riedel | |
|---|---|
| lat Riiedel | |
 A snapshot of the Clementine probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 49.1 km |
| Deepest | 2300 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Klaus Riedel (1907-1944) - German pioneer of rocket technology; Walter Riedel (1902-1968) - German engineer in the field of rocketry. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The immediate neighbors of the crater are the Grissom crater in the west-north-west; Leavitt Crater in the north; Teeling Crater in the southeast and Carrer Crater in the south-southwest [3] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 49.1 km [4] , depth 2.3 km [1] .
The crater has a circular shape and is significantly destroyed. The shaft is flattened, the southwestern part of the shaft is blocked by a small crater. The inner slope of the rampart has faint traces of a terrace-like structure in the northwestern part. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 1100 m [1] , the volume of the crater is approximately 1700 km³ [1] . The bottom of the bowl is crossed, marked by many small craters, without noticeable structures.
Satellite Craters
| Riedel [4] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| G | 25.0 | |
| Q | 23,4 | |
| Z | 29.8 |
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 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 .
- ↑ Map of the surroundings of the south pole of the moon.
- ↑ Riedel Crater on LAC-133.
- ↑ 1 2 Handbook of the International Astronomical Union