Timaeus Crater ( lat. Timaeus ) - a large impact crater in the area of the northern coast of the Sea of Cold on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the ancient Greek philosopher and astronomer Timaeus Lokriysky (V century BC. E.) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935. The formation of the crater refers to the late Imperial period [1] .
| Timaeus | |
|---|---|
| lat Timaeus | |
 Shot of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 32.8 km |
| Deepest | 3230 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Timaeus Lokriysky (V century BC. E.) - Ancient Greek philosopher, Pythagorean and astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The Timaeus Crater overlaps the southwestern portion of the rampart of Bond U Crater. Its other nearest neighbors are the Birmingham Crater in the northwest; Epigen crater in the north and Arch crater in the southeast. To the south of the crater is the Sea of Cold [2] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 32.8 km [3] , depth 3230 m [4] .
The crater has a polygonal shape and is practically not destroyed. The shaft is somewhat flattened, but retained a clearly defined edge. The inner slope of the shaft with the remains of a terrace-like structure, with screes of rocks at the foot. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 940 m [1] , the crater volume is approximately 710 km³ [1] . The bottom of the crater’s bowl is relatively even, in the center of the bowl there is a low rounded central peak 800 m high [5] . In the northern part of the bowl at the foot of the inner slope lies a thin winding furrow.
The rolling hills to the west of the Timaeus Crater are somewhat ordered in the form of bands oriented from the southwest to the northeast.
Satellite Craters
Are absent.
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 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 .
- ↑ Timaeus Crater on the LAC-12 map
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ Naosuke Sekiguchi, 1972. Catalog of Central Peaks and Floor Objects of the Lunar Craters on the Visible Hemisphere. University of Tokyo Press and University Park Press.