C. Mayer

C. Mayer

Lat: 63.2°N, Long: 17.3°E, Diam: 38 km, Depth: 1.12 km, [/R%C3%BCkl%205 Rükl: 5]

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[#C. Mayer C. Mayer]

[#C. Mayer-Images Images]

[#C. Mayer-Maps Maps]

[#C. Mayer-Description Description]

[#C. Mayer-Description: Elger Description: Elger]

[#C. Mayer-Description: Wikipedia Description: Wikipedia]

[#C. Mayer-Additional Information Additional Information]

[#C. Mayer-Nomenclature Nomenclature]

[#C. Mayer-LPOD Articles LPOD Articles]

[#C. Mayer-Bibliography Bibliography]

LO-IV-104H C. Mayer is in the center of this frame. 43-km C. Mayer H is to the northwest with identically-sized [/Archytas Archytas] D partially visible along the margin. The rectangular-appearing C. Mayer D (containing 7-km C. Mayer F) is on the southwest. The circular crater at the bottom, below the two peaks, is C. Mayer E.

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images

Maps

([/LAC%20zone LAC zone] 13A1) LAC map Geologic map

Description

Description: Elger

([/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions]) CHRISTIAN MAYER.--A prominent rhomboidal-shaped ring-plain, 18 miles in diameter, associated on every side, except the N., with a number of irregular inconspicuous enclosures. It has a central peak. Madler discovered two delicate short clefts, both running from N.E. to S.W., one on the E. and the other on the W. of this formation.

Description: Wikipedia

C. Mayer

Additional Information

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

• Pike, 1976: 1.12 km
• Westfall, 2000: 2.36 km
• Viscardy, 1985: 2.25 km
• Cherrington, 1969: 1.79 km

• From the shadows in LO-IV-104H, the highest parts of the east wall are at least 2200 m above the floor. The southernmost of the central peaks rises about 480 m above its shadow tip. LO-IV-092H gives a lower sun angle view indicating the variation in the height of the east wall is from about 1880 to 2720 m, highest in the north. And the southern central peak is actually at least 710 m tall. - JimMosher JimMosher

Central peak height

• [/Sekiguchi%2C%201972 Sekiguchi, 1972]: 0.6 km "Two-peaked ridge" - fatastronomer fatastronomer

Nomenclature

• Christian; German astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1719-1783).
• The secondary crater C.Mayer D was once known as Gasser. This name was one of Felix Chemla Lamech's new names, but was not accepted by the I.A.U.
• Research: Ewen A. Whitaker and Danny Caes (August 2003: mail correspondence).

LPOD Articles

Not Santa's Pole.

Bibliography

• C.Mayer D ("Gasser"): Mapping and Naming the Moon; a history of lunar cartography and nomenclature (Ewen A. Whitaker).

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