Lansberg (crater)

Crater on the Moon

Feature on the moon

Lansberg

Lunar Orbiter 4 image

Coordinates| 0°18′S 26°36′W﻿ / ﻿0.3°S 26.6°W﻿ / -0.3; -26.6
Diameter| 39 km
Depth| 3.1 km
Colongitude| 26° at sunrise
Eponym| Philippe van Lansberge
The crater area in a Selenochromatic Image (Si) Oblique view facing west, from Apollo 14

Lansberg is a lunar impact crater on the Mare Insularum. It can be located by following a line south-southwest from Copernicus to Reinhold, then southwest to Lansberg. The crater has a high rim and a central mountain. There are terraces along the inner walls, and the tops have slumped to produce a sharp edge. This formation is not noticeably eroded, and there are no significant impact craters within the interior.

The crater is correctly spelled "Lansberg", but has sometimes been written "Landsberg" instead. It is named for the Belgian/Dutch astronomer Philippe van Lansberge.[1]

Lansberg is a crater of Upper (Late) Imbrian age.[2]

Approximately 40 km to the southeast of Lansberg is the landing site of the Luna 5 probe, and a further 60 km in the same direction is the landing site of Surveyor 3 and Apollo 12.[3]

Weinek's Lunar Atlas (1899) page of Lansberg crater which is on the top right

## 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 Lansberg.

Lansberg  | Latitude  | Longitude  | Diameter

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A  | 0.2° N  | 31.1° W  | 9 km
B  | 2.5° S  | 28.1° W  | 9 km
C  | 1.5° S  | 29.2° W  | 17 km
D  | 3.0° S  | 30.6° W  | 11 km
E  | 1.8° S  | 30.3° W  | 6 km
F  | 2.2° S  | 30.7° W  | 9 km
G  | 0.6° S  | 29.4° W  | 10 km
L  | 3.5° S  | 26.4° W  | 5 km
N  | 1.9° S  | 26.4° W  | 4 km
P  | 2.3° S  | 23.0° W  | 2 km
X  | 1.2° N  | 27.8° W  | 3 km
Y  | 0.7° N  | 28.2° W  | 4 km

* Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Lansberg A

* Lunar Orbiter 4 image of Lansberg C (larger, bottom) and Lansberg G (top)

* Oblique view of Lansberg B (lower right), Lansberg D (upper left), and Lansberg F (upper right) from Apollo 14

* Closeup of Lansberg B from Apollo 14

* Apollo 12 view of Lansberg P, 2 km diameter, and only 23 km northeast of Apollo 12 landing site

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lansberg (crater).

1. ^ "Lansberg (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
2. ^ The geologic history of the Moon. USGS Professional Paper 1348. By Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, and Newell J. Trask. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1987. Table 11.2.
3. ^ Lunar and Planetary Institute, Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon, Photo Number IV-125-H3 (Annotated Lunar Orbiter 4 image)

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## External links

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* Oblique view of Lansberg at high sun angle from Apollo 12: AS12-51-7538