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Apianus (crater)

{{Short description|Crater on the Moon}}

File:Almanon-Baco Si Ferruggia Zetta.jpg

{{Infobox Lunar crater

| image = Apianus crater 4101 h1.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Lunar Orbiter 4 image

| coordinates = {{coord|26.9|S|7.9|E|globe:moon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| diameter = 63.44 km

| depth = 2.08 km

| colong = 356

| eponym = Petrus Apianus

}}

Apianus is a lunar impact crater that is located on the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. It is named after 16th century German mathematician and astronomer Petrus Apianus.{{GPN|320}} It is located to the northeast of the crater Aliacensis, and to the northwest of Poisson. The worn crater Krusenstern is attached to the west-northwestern rim.

Description

The outer wall of the crater has been worn and eroded by subsequent impacts, and a pair of small craterlets overlay the rim to the southeast and northeast. The central crater is 63 kilometers in diameter and 2,080 meters deep.Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006. The craterlet on the southeast rim, Apianus B, is a member of a cluster of co-joined craterlets that includes Apianus T and Apianus U. The interior floor of the central crater is relatively smooth and lacks a central peak, although the surface appears somewhat convex. Only a few tiny craterlets mark the surface.{{cite book | first=Antonín | last=Rükl | author-link=Antonín Rükl | date=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon | publisher=Kalmbach Books | isbn=0-913135-17-8 }}

The crater is from the Nectarian period, 3.92 to 3.85 billion years ago.

Satellite craters

File:Apianus lunar crater map.jpg with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1]]

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Apianus.{{cite book | author=Bussey, B. | author-link=Ben Bussey | author2=Spudis, P. | author2-link=Paul Spudis | date=2004 | title=The Clementine Atlas of the Moon | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York | isbn=0-521-81528-2 }}

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! Apianus

! Latitude

! Longitude

! Diameter

! Ref

A

| 25.7° S

| 6.6° E

| 13.11 km

| {{WGPSN|7284}}

B

| 27.4° S

| 9.0° E

| 10.21 km

| {{WGPSN|7285}}

C

| 28.1° S

| 10.5° E

| 19.64 km

| {{WGPSN|7286}}

D

| 26.1° S

| 10.7° E

| 33.66 km

| {{WGPSN|7287}}

E

| 28.8° S

| 8.2° E

| 8.39 km

| {{WGPSN|7288}}

F

| 28.1° S

| 6.4° E

| 5.39 km

| {{WGPSN|7289}}

G

| 28.1° S

| 7.7° E

| 4.02 km

| {{WGPSN|7290}}

H

| 28.1° S

| 8.7° E

| 6.57 km

| {{WGPSN|7291}}

J

| 26.3° S

| 8.6° E

| 6.71 km

| {{WGPSN|7292}}

K

| 27.4° S

| 9.3° E

| 6.44 km

| {{WGPSN|7293}}

L

| 29.1° S

| 10.9° E

| 4.67 km

| {{WGPSN|7294}}

M

| 24.7° S

| 10.3° E

| 6.98 km

| {{WGPSN|7295}}

N

| 28.8° S

| 9.9° E

| 3.46 km

| {{WGPSN|7296}}

P

| 25.2° S

| 9.2° E

| 41.59 km

| {{WGPSN|7297}}

R

| 25.7° S

| 8.9° E

| 13.1 km

| {{WGPSN|7298}}

S

| 25.6° S

| 8.5° E

| 23.96 km

| {{WGPSN|7299}}

T

| 27.7° S

| 9.5° E

| 11.52 km

| {{WGPSN|7300}}

U

| 27.9° S

| 9.0° E

| 16.82 km

| {{WGPSN|7301}}

V

| 25.3° S

| 10.5° E

| 3.2 km

| {{WGPSN|7302}}

W

| 25.5° S

| 7.4° E

| 9.68 km

| {{WGPSN|7303}}

X

| 28.3° S

| 7.1° E

| 3.1 km

| {{WGPSN|7304}}

See also

References

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External links

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  • [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/jsp/FeatureNameDetail.jsp?feature=60489 Crater Apianus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the Astrogeology Research Program of the United States Geological Survey]
  • [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LAC/lac95 Crater Apianus: Lunar Map LAC-95 of the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center of the United States Air Force in the Lunar Map Catalog of the Lunar and Planetary Institute]
  • [https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Projects/MapBook/featureNameSearch.jsp?id=60489 Crater Apianus: Available Lunar Maps according to the Astrogeology Research Program of the United States Geological Survey]
  • [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/aimg/iv_095_h3.jpg Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-095-H3]
  • [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/aimg/iv_096_h1.jpg Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-096-H1]
  • [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/aimg/iv_096_m.jpg Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-096-M]
  • [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/aimg/iv_100_h3.jpg Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-100-H3]
  • [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/images/aimg/iv_101_h1.jpg Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-101-H1]

{{Craters on the Moon: A–B}}

Category:Impact craters on the Moon

Category:Nectarian