Kies (crater)

Short description: Crater on the Moon

Kies

Lunar Orbiter 4 image
(Dark triangle at upper rim is blemish on original photo)

Diameter| 44 km
Depth| 0.4 km
Colongitude| 327° at sunrise

LRO image of Kies and Kies Pi (lower left), a small lunar dome

Oblique view from Apollo 16

Kies is the remnant of a lunar impact crater that has been flooded by basaltic lava, leaving only a remnant of the outer rim. It was named after German mathematician and astronomer Johann Kies.[1] It is located in the Mare Nubium almost due south of the crater Bullialdus. Northwest of Kies is König. To the south-southwest lies a lunar dome structure designated Kies Pi (π). It has a small crater at the top and is most likely volcanic in origin.

The rim of Kies has numerous gaps and forms a series of ridges in a ring-shaped formation. The most intact rim structures lie in the south and northeast sections of the wall. A low promontory ridge is attached to the southern end of the rim, pointing southwards.

Rays from Tycho crater, located far to the southeast, cross Kies and the surrounding mare.

## 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 Kies.

Kies  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter

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A  | 28.3° S  | 22.7° W  | 16 km
B  | 28.7° S  | 21.9° W  | 9 km
C  | 26.0° S  | 26.1° W  | 5 km
D  | 24.9° S  | 18.5° W  | 6 km
E  | 28.7° S  | 22.7° W  | 6 km

## References

1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `gpn`

## Bibliography

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* 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.

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