Crater Sarton ( lat. Sarton ) - a large ancient impact crater in the northern hemisphere of the far side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the Belgian-American chemist and science historian Georges Alfred Leon Sarton (1884-1956) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The formation of the crater dates back to the Nectarian period [1] .
| Sarton | |
|---|---|
| lat Sarton | |
 Photograph of the Clementine probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 71.3 km |
| Deepest | 2750 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Georges Alfred Leon Sarton (1884-1956) - Belgian-American chemist and historian of science. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
From the northwest side of the crater Sarton adjoins the crater of Weber . The other closest neighbors of the crater are Coulon Crater in the northeast; the Wegener crater in the southeast; Wood and Landau craters in the south and Gulstrand crater in the west-south-west [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 71.3 km [3] , depth 2.75 km [1] .
Sarton crater has a polygonal shape and moderately destroyed. The shaft is flattened, the western and eastern sections of the shaft are slightly straightened, the western part of the shaft is marked by a cluster of small craters. The inner slope of the terrace-like structure, uneven in width, reaches a maximum width in the southern part. The height of the shaft above the surrounding terrain reaches 1280 m [1] , the volume of the crater is approximately 4,200 km ³ [1] . The bottom of the bowl is even, probably flooded by lava , in the center of the bowl there is a massive rounded double central peak. In the north-west of the central peak there is a conspicuous small cup-shaped crater.
The crater is located inside the formation with a diameter of 530 km informally referred to as the Coulomb-Sarton basin.
Satellite craters
| Sarton [3] | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| L | 43.7 | |
| Y | 25.3 | |
| Z | 28.2 |
- The formation of the satellite crater Sarton L refers to the nectarian period [1] .
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
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Sarton crater on LAC-20 map
- ↑ 1 2 Directory of the International Astronomical Union