Maestlin

(formerly Moestlin)

Lat: 4.9°N, Long: 40.6°W, Diam: 7 km, Depth: 1.65 km, Rükl: 29

The "binary system" of bowl-shaped craterlets Maestlin G was captured on Apollo 12's orbital Hasselblad AS12-54-8109. This photograph also shows Apollo Landing Site 5, slightly southeast of Maestlin G.
The doublet Maestlin G is also detectable on chart 27 in the 21st Century Atlas of the Moon (Wood/ Collins), at location H-8/9 (very near the chart's lower right corner).
Close ups of Maestlin G were made by Lunar Orbiter 2, of which Frame 2197 shows the couple at centre of the photograph.
Much more close ups of Maestlin G were made by Lunar Orbiter 3, of which Frame 3161 shows an oblique look at the pair.
Research Lunar Orbiter 2, Lunar Orbiter 3, and Apollo 12 photography, and chart 27 (21st Century Atlas): Danny Caes

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 57D2) LAC map Geologic map AIC map
USGS Geologic Map of Apollo Landing Site 5 (I-623) (slightly southeast of the "binary system" of bowl shaped craterlets Maestlin G).
Powered Descent Initiation-PDI map 1 (southwest of Maestlin, with Greek-lettered hillocks near the Maestlin R bay) (source: ALSJ, Apollo 12).

Depth data from [/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]

Maestlin H is a thermal anomaly crater, implying a youthful age - [/Moore%20et%20al%2C%201980 Moore et al, 1980]

Michael; German mathematician (1550-1631).

This name was originally introduced as Möstlin by [/Schmidt Schmidt] ([/Whitaker Whitaker], p. 224), and adopted in the original [/IAU%20nomenclature IAU nomenclature] as Moestlin. [/Kuiper Kuiper] thought the name could be confused with [/M%C3%B6sting Mösting] and decided to change the spelling in his [/PLA%20Table%20III Photographic Lunar Atlas]. His revised spelling (the current form) was approved by the IAU in 1961 (along with most of his other proposed changes). - JimMosher JimMosher
Binary System (Danny Caes's nickname for the couple of bowl-shaped craters Maestlin G).

- Maestlin R (the region SW of Encke):
 A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 70, 71.

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