Harding Crater ( lat. Harding ) - a large impact crater in the northern part of the Ocean of Storms on the visible side of the Moon . The name was given in honor of the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding (1765-1834) and approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1935.
| Harding | |
|---|---|
| lat Harding | |
 Shot of the Lunar Orbiter - IV probe. | |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 22.6 km |
| Deepest | 2100 m |
| Title | |
| Eponym | Karl Ludwig Harding (1765-1834) - German astronomer. |
| Location | |
| Heavenly body | Moon |
Content
Crater Description
The closest neighbors of the Harding Crater are the Gerard Crater in the west; Dechen Crater in the northeast and Von Braun Crater in the west-southwest [2] . Selenographic coordinates of the center of the crater , diameter 22.6 km [3] , depth 2100 m [4] .
Harding Crater has a circular shape with small protrusions in the southeastern and western parts and is practically not destroyed, surrounded by an area of rocks with a high albedo ejected during the formation of the crater. The shaft is narrow, with a clear outline. The inner slope is smooth, with screes of rocks at the foot. The shaft height above the surrounding area reaches 810 m [5] , the volume of the crater is approximately 300 km³ [5] . The bottom of the bowl is crossed, in the center of the bowl is a small ridge.
Satellite Craters
| Harding | Coordinates | Diameter, km |
|---|---|---|
| A | 14.5 | |
| B | 16.7 | |
| C | 8.5 | |
| D | 6.3 | |
| H | 5.5 |
- The satellite crater Harding A is included in the list of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) [6] .
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
- ↑ Map of the visible side of the moon.
- ↑ Harding Crater on the LAC-22 map.
- ↑ Handbook of the International Astronomical Union
- ↑ John E. Westfall's Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000)
- ↑ 1 2 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 .
- ↑ List of craters with a bright ray system of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (ALPO) Archived on March 4, 2016.