Recht (crater)
 Apollo 16 mapping camera image | |
| Coordinates | 9°48′N 124°00′E / 9.8°N 124.0°E |
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| Diameter | 20 km |
| Depth | 2.5 km[1] |
| Colongitude | 236° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Albert W. Recht |
Recht is a small impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It was named after the American mathematician and astronomer Albert William Recht.[2] Is lies across the eastern rim of the much larger crater Ostwald. To the northeast of Recht is Meshcherskiy.
This is a bowl-shaped formation with an interior floor that is less than half the diameter of the crater. The inner walls have a higher albedo than the surrounding terrain, while the interior floor is about the same shade of grey.
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Oblique view from Apollo 10 -
Oblique view from Apollo 16 -
Apollo 16 panoramic camera image of Ostwald crater, with Recht at lower right
References
[edit]- ^ LTO-65B4 Recht
- ^ "Recht (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.
- 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.
- 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]- Recht at The Moon Wiki
- "Featured Image: Boulder in Recht Crater". Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA. March 8, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-18.