Horrocks (crater)

Horrocks (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=4.0
N_or_S=S
longitude=5.9
E_or_W=E
diameter=30 km
depth=3.0 km
colong=355
eponym=Jeremiah Horrocks

Horrocks is a lunar impact crater located entirely within the eroded northeast rim of the much larger Hipparchus walled-plain. Near Horrocks are Halley and Hind craters to the South and Rhaeticus to the North. Gyldén and Saunder craters lie to the West and to the East, respectively. The crater Horrocks was named for 17th century English astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks."Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition". CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.]

The rim of Horrocks is somewhat irregular and polygonal, particularly with an outward protrusion on the eastern rim. It has a small outer . The inner wall is slumped, particularly along the northwest where it forms a heap of talus. The interior floor is uneven, and it has a central mountain and hills. The crater is approximately 30 kilometers in diameter and 3 kilometers deep. It is from the Eratosthenian period, which lasted from 3.2 to 1.1 billion years ago.

atellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Horrocks crater. [cite book
author=Bussey, B.; Spudis, P.,
year=2004 | title=The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York
id=ISBN 0-521-81528-2
]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Horrocks — may refer to the following people: * Jeremiah Horrocks (c. 1618–1641), English astronomer * John Horrocks (1768–1804), British cotton manufacturer * John Horrocks (1816 1881), British born resident in Weimar, army officer, author, inventor,… …   Wikipedia

  • Pickering (lunar crater) — lunar crater data latitude=2.9 N or S=S longitude=7.0 E or W=E diameter=15 km depth=2.7 km colong=353 eponym=Edward C. Pickering William H. PickeringPickering is a small lunar impact crater located to the northeast of the worn Hipparchus walled… …   Wikipedia

  • Hipparchus (lunar crater) — lunar crater data caption=The lunar crater Hipparchus lies in the middle of this image. NASA photo. latitude=5.5 N or S=S longitude=4.8 E or W=E diameter=150 km depth=3.3 km colong=354 eponym=HipparchusHipparchus is the degraded remnant of a… …   Wikipedia

  • Cráteres lunares — Anexo:Cráteres lunares Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Esta es una lista de 1517 cráteres de impacto lunares que han sido nombrados. La convención de la UAI para nombrar estos accidentes selenográficos es la de usar los nombres aquellos fallecidos… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Список лунных кратеров, Х — Список лунных кратеров А Б В Г Д Е Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П Р С Т …   Википедия

  • Johannes Kepler — Infobox Scientist name = Johannes Kepler |175px image width = 175px caption = A 1610 portrait of Johannes Kepler by an unknown artist birth date = Birth date|1571|12|27 birth place = Weil der Stadt near Stuttgart, Germany residence = Baden… …   Wikipedia

  • John Flamsteed — Infobox Scientist name = John Flamsteed image width = 240px caption = birth date = birth date|1646|08|19 birth place = Denby, Derbyshire, England death date = death date and age|1719|12|31|1646|08|19 death place = Burstow, Surrey, England… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste des cratères de la Lune, G-K — Voici une partie de la liste des cratères de la Lune. Quand un cratère possède des cratères satellites, ceux ci sont décrits dans l article du cratère principal. Listes : A B C D E F G H I J K… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Atlas (disambiguation) — Most things with a name that includes the term Atlas stem directly or indirectly from the mythological character AtlasAtlas may also refer to: Greek mythology * Atlas (mythology), a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens; inspiring the widely… …   Wikipedia

  • Joseph Louis Lagrange — Lagrange redirects here. For other uses, see Lagrange (disambiguation). Joseph Louis Lagrange Joseph Louis (Giuseppe Lodovico), comte de Lagrange …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”