Crater Von Bayer ( lat. Von Baeyer ) is a small impact crater in the South Pole region on the visible side of the moon . The name was given in honor of the German organic chemist Adolf von Bayer (1835-1917) and approved by the International Astronomical Union on January 22, 2009.
| Von bayer | |
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| lat von Baeyer | |
 Snapshot of the Lunar Orbiter probe - IV . | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 13.5 km |
| Deepest | 2200 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Adolf von Beyer (1835–1917) was a German organic chemist, a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry in 1905. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The nearest neighbors of the Von Beyer crater are Svedberg crater adjacent to it in the east; Demonax crater in the north; Hederwari Crater in the east; the Amundsen crater in the southeast and the Nobile crater in the south-southwest [1] . The selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater are , diameter 13.5 km [2] , depth 2.2 km [3] .
Crater Von Beyer is circular. Shaft with a clearly defined edge. The bottom of the crater bowl due to its proximity to the south pole is always in the shade.
Satellite craters
None.
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
- ↑ Von Beyer Crater on LAC-144 map
- ↑ Directory of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ 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 .