Weierstrass (crater)

Weierstrass (crater)

lunar crater data


caption=The craters Weierstrass (lower center), Van Vleck (lower right), Nobili (upper left) and Jenkins (upper right) from Lunar Orbiter 1. "NASA/L&PI image".
latitude=1.3
N_or_S=S
longitude=77.2
E_or_W=E
diameter=33 km
depth=2.4 km
colong=283
eponym=Karl Weierstrass

Weierstrass is a small lunar crater that is attached to the northern rim of the Gilbert walled plain, in the eastern part of the Moon. It also lies very near Van Vleck crater, a similar formation just to the southeast that is almost attached to the outer rim. Due to its location, the crater appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth.

The crater has an oval-shaped outer rim that is longer along an east-west axis. There are some slumped shelves along the inner walls to the north and south. The interior floor is nearly featureless, with only a few tiny impacts. Neither the rim nor the interior are marked by impact craters of significance.

Prior to being named by the IAU, this crater was designated 'Gilbert N'.

References

External links

* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LTO/lto81a2_1/ LTO-81A2 Gilbert] — L&PI topographic map


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