Astronomy:Birt (crater)
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Short description: Crater on the Moon
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| Diameter | 17 km |
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| Depth | 3.5 km |
| Colongitude | 9° at sunrise |
Birt is a lunar impact crater located in the eastern half of the Mare Nubium and west of the Rupes Recta. It was named after British selenographer William R. Birt.[1]
Birt is a bowl-shaped formation with a raised rim, slightly intersected along the southeast edge by the much smaller crater Birt A. To the west of Birt, a rille named Rima Birt runs north-northwest in an arc from Birt F to Birt E.
Oblique view of Rupes Recta (left), Birt (center), and Rima Birt (right), from Apollo 16
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 Birt.
| Birt | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 22.5° S | 8.2° W | 7 km |
| B | 22.2° S | 10.2° W | 5 km |
| C | 23.7° S | 8.3° W | 2 km |
| D | 21.0° S | 9.8° W | 3 km |
| E | 20.7° S | 9.6° W | 5 km |
| F | 22.3° S | 9.1° W | 3 km |
| G | 23.1° S | 8.2° W | 2 km |
| H | 23.0° S | 9.1° W | 2 km |
| J | 23.0° S | 9.4° W | 2 km |
| K | 22.4° S | 9.7° W | 2 km |
| L | 21.6° S | 9.3° W | 3 km |
References
- ↑ "Birt (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
- Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81528-4.
- Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-936389-27-1. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780936389271.
- McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. http://host.planet4589.org/astro/lunar/.
- Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews 12 (2): 136–186. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. Bibcode: 1971SSRv...12..136M.
- Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 978-0-304-35469-6. https://archive.org/details/patrickmooreonmo00patr.
- Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
- Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
- Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3. https://archive.org/details/celestialobjects00webb.
- Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
- Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.
External links
- Wood, Chuck (2006-08-08). "Odd Interiors". Lunar Photo of the Day. http://www2.lpod.org/wiki/August_8,_2006.
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