Crater Sabin ( lat. Sabine ) - a large impact crater in the south-western part of the Sea of Tranquility on the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the English physicist and mathematician Edward Sabin (1788–1883) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935. The formation of the crater belongs to the Early Imbrian period [1] .
| Sabine | |
|---|---|
| lat Sabine | |
 Snapshot of the Lunar Orbiter Probe - IV . | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 29.8 km |
| Deepest | 1400 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Edward Sabin (1788–1883) is an English physicist and mathematician. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The closest neighbors of Sabin Crater are Ritter Crater in the northwest (the ramparts of Ritter and Sabin craters are separated by a valley several kilometers wide); Manners crater in the north; Aldrin crater in the east and Schmidt crater in the west-south-west. In the southeast of the crater are the grooves of Ipatia [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 29.8 km [3] , depth 1400 m [4] .
Crater Sabin has a polygonal shape and is almost not destroyed. A shaft with a clearly defined edge, an inner slope of a shaft with signs of collapse, in the northwestern part of the inner slope there are a couple of small craters. The bottom of the bowl is crossed, with several ridges concentric in relation to the shaft and detached hills. In the south-east of the center of the bowl is a small elliptical crater. According to morphological features, the crater belongs to the TRI type (by the name of a typical representative of this class - the Trisnecker crater).
The crater has a small depth, as well as the crater Ritter similar to it in morphological features. For this reason, as well as in view of the apparent absence of radial emissions of rocks and secondary craters, located near the graben (furrows of Ipatia), it was suggested that both craters are volcanic calderas [5] . From today's standpoint, the shallow crater depth is explained by the isostatic uplift of rocks caused by the small thickness of the lunar crust in the Sea of Tranquility Basin and the high temperatures of the lava , which lowered its viscosity , which allowed the bottom of the crater to reach a state of isostatic equilibrium with the pool rocks.
Satellite craters
| Sabine | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 3.7 | |
| C | 2.8 |
- The satellite crater Sabin B in 1970 was renamed by the International Astronomical Union into Aldrin Crater.
- The satellite crater Sabin D in 1970 was renamed by the International Astronomical Union into the Collins Crater.
- The satellite crater Sabin E in 1970 was renamed by the International Astronomical Union into the crater Armstrong .
Gallery
Photograph of the Clementine probe's UV / visible spectrum camera.
This is a shot of Ritter and Sabin craters from the side of the Ranger-8 probe.
Snapshot of the craters Ritter and Sabin (foreground) from the board of Apollo 11 . In the lower left part of the picture are visible furrows Ipatii , in the center - the crater Schmidt .
See also
- List of craters on the moon
- Moon crater
- Morphological catalog of craters of the moon
- Planetary Nomenclature
- Selenography
- Mineralogy of the Moon
- Geology of the Moon
- Late heavy bombardment
Notes
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Sabin Crater on LAC-60 map
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfalls Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- A To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration. Don E. Wilhelms, University of Arizona Press (1993). ISBN 978-0-8165-1065-8
Links
- Digital photographic atlas of the moon.
- Pictures of the crater from the board of Apollo-10, Apollo-11, Apollo-15.
- Crater Sabin on the map LAC-60.
- Selenological map of the vicinity of the crater.
- Crater Sabin on the map LM-60.
- Crater Sabin on the map AIC60C.
- Selenological map of the eastern vicinity of the crater.
- Crater description on The Moon-Wiki.
- Andersson, LE, and EA Whitaker, NASA Catalog of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA Reference Publication 1097, October 1982.