Kästner is a lunarimpact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon, to the southwest of the Mare Smythii. Just to the northwest of Kästner is the walled plain Gilbert. To the south is the prominent crater Ansgarius, and to the southwest lies La Pérouse.
Apollo 15 mapping camera image with high sun angle, showing degree of erosion of the rimsOblique view centered on Kästner from Apollo 12, facing northwestOblique view from Apollo 14
This formation belongs to the category termed a walled plain. It has a worn, irregular outer wall that is overlaid by several small craters and there is a small break along the north-northeast. Along the northeastern rim is Kästner B, and to the southwest is the small Kästner E. A shallow, unnamed crater is attached to the southern rim. The interior floor is relatively level and featureless, with only a few small craters and minor ridges.
The crater's name was approved by the IAU in 1961.[2]
Satellite cratersedit
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Kästner.
Kästner
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
A
4.5° S
77.3° E
25 km
B
6.3° S
80.7° E
20 km
C
8.0° S
76.9° E
19 km
E
8.1° S
77.6° E
10 km
G
4.2° S
79.0° E
72 km
R
6.9° S
82.3° E
17 km
S
8.0° S
83.2° E
30 km
The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.
Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN978-0-936389-27-1.
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.
kästner, crater, kästner, lunar, impact, crater, that, located, near, eastern, limb, moon, southwest, mare, smythii, just, northwest, kästner, walled, plain, gilbert, south, prominent, crater, ansgarius, southwest, lies, pérouse, kästneroblique, lunar, orbiter. Kastner is a lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon to the southwest of the Mare Smythii Just to the northwest of Kastner is the walled plain Gilbert To the south is the prominent crater Ansgarius and to the southwest lies La Perouse KastnerOblique Lunar Orbiter 4 imageCoordinates6 54 S 78 56 E 6 90 S 78 94 E 6 90 78 94Diameter116 07 kmDepth3 4 km 1 Colongitude283 at sunriseEponymAbraham G KastnerApollo 15 mapping camera image with high sun angle showing degree of erosion of the rimsOblique view centered on Kastner from Apollo 12 facing northwestOblique view from Apollo 14This formation belongs to the category termed a walled plain It has a worn irregular outer wall that is overlaid by several small craters and there is a small break along the north northeast Along the northeastern rim is Kastner B and to the southwest is the small Kastner E A shallow unnamed crater is attached to the southern rim The interior floor is relatively level and featureless with only a few small craters and minor ridges The crater s name was approved by the IAU in 1961 2 Satellite 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 Kastner Kastner Latitude Longitude DiameterA 4 5 S 77 3 E 25 kmB 6 3 S 80 7 E 20 kmC 8 0 S 76 9 E 19 kmE 8 1 S 77 6 E 10 kmG 4 2 S 79 0 E 72 kmR 6 9 S 82 3 E 17 kmS 8 0 S 83 2 E 30 kmThe following craters have been renamed by the IAU Kastner F See Black Kastner B R and S are called Defoe Shekhov and Cellini on some older maps 3 but these names were not approved by the IAU References edit LTO 81A3 Kastner Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap LTO Series Kastner Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature International Astronomical Union IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature WGPSN LTO 81B4 Kiess Lunar Topographic Orthophotomap LTO Series Andersson L E Whitaker E A 1982 NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature NASA RP 1097 Blue Jennifer July 25 2007 Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature USGS Retrieved 2007 08 05 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kastner crater amp oldid 1199121719, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
