Hesiodus is a lunarimpact crater located on the southern fringes of Mare Nubium, to the northwest of the crater Pitatus. It was named after the ancient Greek poet Hesiod.[1] Starting near the northwest rim of Hesiodus is the wide cleft named Rima Hesiodus. This rille runs 300 km east-southeastward to the Palus Epidemiarum
The low rim of Hesiodus is heavily worn, with the southwest rim being slightly intruded upon by Hesodius A. The latter is an unusual circular crater with a concentric inner wall. To the southeast, a cleft in the wall of Hesiodus joins the crater to Pitatus.
Inside Hesiodus, the floor is flooded and relatively flat. It lacks a central peak, and, instead, a small impact crater Hesiodus D lies at the middle.
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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. S2CID 122125855.
hesiodus, crater, hesiodus, lunar, impact, crater, located, southern, fringes, mare, nubium, northwest, crater, pitatus, named, after, ancient, greek, poet, hesiod, starting, near, northwest, hesiodus, wide, cleft, named, rima, hesiodus, this, rille, runs, eas. Hesiodus is a lunar impact crater located on the southern fringes of Mare Nubium to the northwest of the crater Pitatus It was named after the ancient Greek poet Hesiod 1 Starting near the northwest rim of Hesiodus is the wide cleft named Rima Hesiodus This rille runs 300 km east southeastward to the Palus EpidemiarumHesiodusLunar Orbiter 4 image with Hesiodus A at lower leftCoordinates29 24 S 16 18 W 29 4 S 16 3 W 29 4 16 3Diameter43 kmDepth1 4 kmColongitude16 at sunriseEponymHesiodLRO image of Hesiodus AThe low rim of Hesiodus is heavily worn with the southwest rim being slightly intruded upon by Hesodius A The latter is an unusual circular crater with a concentric inner wall To the southeast a cleft in the wall of Hesiodus joins the crater to Pitatus Inside Hesiodus the floor is flooded and relatively flat It lacks a central peak and instead a small impact crater Hesiodus D lies at the middle Contents 1 Satellite craters 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksSatellite craters editBy convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Hesiodus Hesiodus Latitude Longitude DiameterA 30 1 S 17 0 W 15 kmB 27 1 S 17 5 W 10 kmD 29 3 S 16 4 W 5 kmE 27 8 S 15 3 W 3 kmX 27 3 S 16 2 W 24 kmY 28 3 S 17 2 W 17 kmZ 28 7 S 19 4 W 4 kmSee also editHesiod crater on MercuryReferences edit Hesiodus 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 McDowell Jonathan July 15 2007 Lunar Nomenclature Jonathan s Space Report Retrieved 2007 10 24 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 S2CID 122125855 Moore Patrick 2001 On the Moon Sterling Publishing Co ISBN 978 0 304 35469 6 Price Fred W 1988 The Moon Observer s Handbook Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 33500 3 Rukl Antonin 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 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 edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hesiodus crater Hesiodus at the moon wikispaces com Nemiroff R Bonnell J eds 27 March 2010 Hesiodus Sunrise Ray Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hesiodus crater amp oldid 1150623660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
