Coordinates | 15°06′N17°12′E / 15.1°N 17.2°E |
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Diameter | 20 km |
Depth | 1.7 km |
Colongitude | 343° at sunrise |
Eponym | Arthur Auwers |
Auwers is a small lunar impact crater located in the Montes Haemus mountain range at the south edge of Mare Serenitatis. It is named after German astronomer Arthur Auwers. [1] It lies southeast of the crater Menelaus. The irregular rim of Auwers has a gap at the north-northwest edge, which allowed lava flows to reach the crater floor and flood the interior.
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Auwers.
Auwers | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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A | 13.8° N | 18.3° E | 8 km |
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Cori is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies less than one crater diameter to the north of the crater Baldet. To the northeast is the crater Grissom. It is named after Gerty Cori, the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize and the first woman to win the prize in the category Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Carnot is a large crater in the northern part of the Moon's far side. It was named after Nicolas L. S. Carnot by the IAU in 1970.
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