Ukert (crater)

Ukert

Mosaic of Lunar Orbiter 4 images (white spots are blemishes on original image)
Coordinates	7°48′N1°24′E / 7.8°N 1.4°E / 7.8; 1.4
Diameter	23 km
Depth	2.9 km
Colongitude	359° at sunrise
Eponym	Friedrich A. Ukert

Crater area in selenochromatic format

Ukert crater, from GRAIL spacecraft

Ukert crater (right of center) is younger than the linear hills of Imbrium Sculpture that it overprints

View from Apollo 17

Ukert is a lunar impact crater that lies on a strip of rugged ground between Mare Vaporum to the north and Sinus Medii in the south. It was named after German historian Friedrich August Ukert. ^[2] It is located to the north-northwest of the crater Triesnecker and northeast of the crater pair of Pallas and Murchison.

The outer rim of this crater is not quite circular, with outward bulges to the north and the east. The interior floor is irregular in places, with a central ridge running from crater midpoint down to the southern wall. There is a tiny craterlet along the northern rim, but otherwise the crater contains no impacts of note.

Ukert is a crater of Lower (Early) Imbrian age. ^[3]

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 Ukert.

Ukert	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	8.7° N	1.3° E	9 km
B	8.3° N	1.3° E	21 km
E	9.0° N	0.4° E	5 km
J	11.1° N	0.6° W	3 km
K	6.5° N	3.7° E	4 km
M	7.9° N	2.3° E	26 km
N	7.6° N	2.0° E	17 km
P	7.8° N	2.9° E	5 km
R	8.2° N	0.7° E	18 km
V	8.7° N	3.2° E	3 km
W	9.5° N	2.3° E	3 km
X	9.2° N	1.9° E	3 km
Y	10.1° N	0.2° E	4 km

References

1. "Selenocromatica". GAWH. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
2. "Ukert (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
3. The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 10.2.

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External links

• Ukert at The Moon Wiki
• Nemiroff, Robert; Bonnell, Jerry (December 10, 2016). "The Lunar X". Astronomy Photo of the Day (APOD). - includes Lunar V