Fabricius (crater)

Fabricius

Coordinates 42°54′S 42°00′E / 42.9°S 42.0°E / -42.9; 42.0Coordinates: 42°54′S 42°00′E / 42.9°S 42.0°E / -42.9; 42.0
Diameter 78 km
Depth 2.5 km
Colongitude 319° at sunrise
Eponym David Fabricius

Fabricius is a lunar impact crater that is located within the northeast part of the walled plain Janssen. Attached to the north-northwest rim is the slightly larger cater Metius. Fabricius has multiple central peaks that rise to 0.8 km, with a rugged rise to the northwest running north–south. The rim is lumpy and somewhat distended, most noticeably to the southwest and south.[1] It is 78 kilometers in diameter and 2,500 meters deep. It is from the Eratosthenian period, 3.2 to 1.1 billion years ago. It is named after David Fabricius, a 16th-century German astronomer.[2]

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Fabricius.[3]

Fabricius Latitude Longitude Diameter
A 44.6° S 44.0° E 45 km
B 43.6° S 44.9° E 17 km
J 45.8° S 45.2° E 16 km

References

  1. ↑ Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
  2. ↑ Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
  3. ↑ Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
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