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'''Sasserides''' is the remains of a [[Lunar craters|lunar]] [[impact crater]] in the southern part of the [[Moon]]. It is located less than one crater diameter to the north of the prominent crater [[Tycho (crater)|Tycho]], and west of [[Orontius (crater)|Orontius]]. To the north is [[Ball (crater)|Ball]]. |
'''Sasserides''' is the remains of a [[Lunar craters|lunar]] [[impact crater]] in the southern part of the [[Moon]]. It was named after Danish astronomer [[Gellio Sasceride]].<ref>{{gpn|5335}}</ref> It is located less than one crater diameter to the north of the prominent crater [[Tycho (crater)|Tycho]], and west of [[Orontius (crater)|Orontius]]. To the north is [[Ball (crater)|Ball]]. |
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This formation has been so battered and ruined by impacts that it is scarcely recognizable as a crater. Only a short section of the rim along the southwest side survives, with the remainder overlaid or modified by impacts of various dimensions. The most notable of these are an arc of craters along the northern rim consisting of Sasserides P, G, and C. This last crater has a low central peak at its midpoint. The interior floor is somewhat more even than the surrounding rim, although it has a short chain of worn craters in the eastern half. |
This formation has been so battered and ruined by impacts that it is scarcely recognizable as a crater. Only a short section of the rim along the southwest side survives, with the remainder overlaid or modified by impacts of various dimensions. The most notable of these are an arc of craters along the northern rim consisting of Sasserides P, G, and C. This last crater has a low central peak at its midpoint. The interior floor is somewhat more even than the surrounding rim, although it has a short chain of worn craters in the eastern half. |
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Surrounding Sasserides to the south-southeast and north-northwest are [[Ray system|Ray materials]] from nearby Tycho. |
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==Satellite craters== |
==Satellite craters== |
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[[File:Sasserides sattelite craters map.jpg|thumb |
[[File:Sasserides sattelite craters map.jpg|thumb|Sasserides and its satellite craters]] |
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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Sasserides. |
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Sasserides. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 20:34, 17 February 2019
Coordinates | 39°06′S 9°18′W / 39.1°S 9.3°W |
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Diameter | 90 km |
Depth | 1.8 km |
Colongitude | 9° at sunrise |
Eponym | Gellio Sasceride |
Sasserides is the remains of a lunar impact crater in the southern part of the Moon. It was named after Danish astronomer Gellio Sasceride.[1] It is located less than one crater diameter to the north of the prominent crater Tycho, and west of Orontius. To the north is Ball.
This formation has been so battered and ruined by impacts that it is scarcely recognizable as a crater. Only a short section of the rim along the southwest side survives, with the remainder overlaid or modified by impacts of various dimensions. The most notable of these are an arc of craters along the northern rim consisting of Sasserides P, G, and C. This last crater has a low central peak at its midpoint. The interior floor is somewhat more even than the surrounding rim, although it has a short chain of worn craters in the eastern half.
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 Sasserides.
Sasserides | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
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A | 39.9° S | 7.0° W | 48 km |
B | 39.5° S | 11.2° W | 9 km |
D | 36.7° S | 6.5° W | 11 km |
E | 38.9° S | 7.7° W | 8 km |
F | 40.5° S | 9.9° W | 16 km |
H | 39.2° S | 10.9° W | 12 km |
K | 39.0° S | 7.4° W | 8 km |
L | 40.0° S | 6.6° W | 5 km |
M | 37.9° S | 7.1° W | 11 km |
N | 38.7° S | 7.0° W | 7 km |
P | 38.0° S | 10.7° W | 21 km |
S | 38.7° S | 8.0° W | 15 km |
References
- ^ "Sasserides (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
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(help) - McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
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(help) - 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. Bibcode:1971SSRv...12..136M. doi:10.1007/BF00171763.
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(help) - Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon Observer's Handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-33500-3.
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(help) - Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-913135-17-4.
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(help) - Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-20917-3.
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(help) - Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-62248-6.
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(help) - Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-193-1.
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