Apianus (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Apianus

Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Diameter| 63.44 km
Depth| 2.08 km
Colongitude| 356° at sunrise

Apianus is a lunar impact crater that is located on the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. It is named after 16th century Germany mathematician and astronomer Petrus Apianus.[1][2] It is located to the northeast of the crater Aliacensis, and to the northwest of Poisson. The worn crater Krusenstern is attached to the west-northwestern rim.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Satellite craters
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Description

The outer wall of the crater has been worn and eroded by subsequent impacts, and a pair of small craterlets overlay the rim to the southeast and northeast. The central crater is 63 kilometers in diameter and 2,080 meters deep.[1] The craterlet on the southeast rim, Apianus B, is a member of a cluster of co-joined craterlets that includes Apianus T and Apianus U. The interior floor of the central crater is relatively smooth and lacks a central peak, although the surface appears somewhat convex. Only a few tiny craterlets mark the surface.[3]

The crater is from the Nectarian period, 3.92 to 3.85 billion years ago.[1]

## Satellite craters

Apianus crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Apianus.[4]

Apianus  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter  | Ref

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A  | 25.7° S  | 6.6° E  | 13.11 km  | WGPSN
B  | 27.4° S  | 9.0° E  | 10.21 km  | WGPSN
C  | 28.1° S  | 10.5° E  | 19.64 km  | WGPSN
D  | 26.1° S  | 10.7° E  | 33.66 km  | WGPSN
E  | 28.8° S  | 8.2° E  | 8.39 km  | WGPSN
F  | 28.1° S  | 6.4° E  | 5.39 km  | WGPSN
G  | 28.1° S  | 7.7° E  | 4.02 km  | WGPSN
H  | 28.1° S  | 8.7° E  | 6.57 km  | WGPSN
J  | 26.3° S  | 8.6° E  | 6.71 km  | WGPSN
K  | 27.4° S  | 9.3° E  | 6.44 km  | WGPSN
L  | 29.1° S  | 10.9° E  | 4.67 km  | WGPSN
M  | 24.7° S  | 10.3° E  | 6.98 km  | WGPSN
N  | 28.8° S  | 9.9° E  | 3.46 km  | WGPSN
P  | 25.2° S  | 9.2° E  | 41.59 km  | WGPSN
R  | 25.7° S  | 8.9° E  | 13.1 km  | WGPSN
S  | 25.6° S  | 8.5° E  | 23.96 km  | WGPSN
T  | 27.7° S  | 9.5° E  | 11.52 km  | WGPSN
U  | 27.9° S  | 9.0° E  | 16.82 km  | WGPSN
V  | 25.3° S  | 10.5° E  | 3.2 km  | WGPSN
W  | 25.5° S  | 7.4° E  | 9.68 km  | WGPSN
X  | 28.3° S  | 7.1° E  | 3.1 km  | WGPSN

## See also

* 19139 Apian, asteroid

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
2. ↑ "Apianus (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
3. ↑ Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
4. ↑ Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.

## External links

* Crater Apianus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the Astrogeology Research Program of the United States Geological Survey
* Crater Apianus: Lunar Map LAC-95 of the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center of the United States Air Force in the Lunar Map Catalog of the Lunar and Planetary Institute
* Crater Apianus: Available Lunar Maps according to the Astrogeology Research Program of the United States Geological Survey
* Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-095-H3
* Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-096-H1
* Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-096-M
* Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-100-H3
* Crater Apianus in the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon of the Lunar and Planetary Institute - Image IV-101-H1

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Craters on the Moon: A–B

* Abbe
* Abbot
* Abel
* Abenezra
* Abetti
* Abul Wafa
* Abulfeda
* Acosta
* Adams
* Aepinus
* Agatharchides
* Agrippa
* Airy
* Aitken
* Akis
* Alan
* Al-Bakri
* Albategnius
* Albert
* Al-Biruni
* Alden
* Alder
* Aldrin
* Alekhin
* Alexander
* Alfraganus
* Alhazen
* Aliacensis
* Al-Khwarizmi
* Almanon
* Al-Marrakushi
* Aloha
* Alpetragius
* Alphonsus
* Alter
* Ameghino
* Amici
* Ammonius
* Amontons
* Amundsen
* Anaxagoras
* Anaximander
* Anaximenes
* Anděl
* Anders
* Anderson
* Andersson
* Andronov
* Ango
* Angström
* Ann
* Annegrit
* Ansgarius
* Antoniadi
* Anuchin
* Anville
* Apianus
* Apollo
* Apollonius
* Appleton
* Arago
* Aratus
* Archimedes
* Archytas
* Argelander
* Ariadaeus
* Aristarchus
* Aristillus
* Aristoteles
* Armiński
* Armstrong
* Arnold
* Arrhenius
* Artamonov
* Artem'ev
* Artemis
* Artsimovich
* Aryabhata
* Arzachel
* Asada
* Asclepi
* Ashbrook
* Aston
* Atlas
* Atwood
* Autolycus
* Auwers
* Auzout
* Avery
* Avicenna
* Avogadro
* Azophi

* Baade
* Babakin
* Babbage
* Babcock
* Back
* Backlund
* Baco
* Baillaud
* Bailly
* Baily
* Balandin
* Balboa
* Baldet
* Ball
* Balmer
* Banachiewicz
* Bancroft
* Banting
* Barbier
* Barkla
* Barnard
* Barocius
* Barringer
* Barrow
* Bartels
* Bawa
* Bayer
* Beals
* Beaumont
* Becquerel
* Bečvář
* Beer
* Behaim
* Beijerinck
* Beketov
* Béla
* Bel'kovich
* Bell
* Bellinsgauzen
* Bellot
* Belopol'skiy
* Belyaev
* Benedict
* Bergman
* Bergstrand
* Berkner
* Berlage
* Bernoulli
* Berosus
* Berzelius
* Bessarion
* Bessel
* Bettinus
* Bhabha
* Bianchini
* Biela
* Bilharz
* Billy
* Bingham
* Biot
* Birkeland
* Birkhoff
* Birmingham
* Birt
* Bi Sheng
* Bjerknes
* Black
* Blackett
* Blagg
* Blancanus
* Blanchard
* Blanchinus
* Blazhko
* Bliss
* Bobillier
* Bobone
* Bode
* Boethius
* Boguslawsky
* Bohnenberger
* Bohr
* Bok
* Boltzmann
* Bolyai
* Bombelli
* Bondarenko
* Bonpland
* Boole
* Borda
* Borel
* Boris
* Borman
* Born
* Borya
* Bosch
* Boscovich
* Bose
* Boss
* Bouguer
* Boussingault
* Bowditch
* Bowen
* Boyle
* Brackett
* Bragg
* Brashear
* Braude
* Brayley
* Bredikhin
* Breislak
* Brenner
* Brewster
* Brianchon
* Bridgman
* Briggs
* Brisbane
* Bronk
* Brouwer
* Brown
* Bruce
* Brunner
* Buch
* Buffon
* Buisson
* Bullialdus
* Bunsen
* Burckhardt
* Bürg
* Burnham
* Büsching
* Butlerov
* Buys-Ballot
* Byrd
* Byrgius

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