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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1693&fullsize=1 [[Image:normal_Krafft_iv_174_h2_crop.jpg|external image normal_Krafft_iv_174_h2_crop.jpg]]]''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1693 Luner Orbiter IV 174 H2]''<br /> <br />  
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1693&fullsize=1 [[Image:Normal_Krafft_iv_174_h2_crop.jpg|external image normal_Krafft_iv_174_h2_crop.jpg]]]''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-1693 Luner Orbiter IV 174 H2]''<br /> <br />  
 
==Images==
 
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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Krafft LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Krafft%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond07_A.jpg Zond 7] (Krafft and environs, evening light).<br /> <br />  
 
[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Krafft LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Krafft%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images]<br /> [http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_Zond07_A.jpg Zond 7] (Krafft and environs, evening light).<br /> <br />  
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==Description: Elger==
 
==Description: Elger==
''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Directions IAU Directions])'' KRAFFT.--A very similar object on the N., of about the same dimensions; with a central peak, and a large crater on the dark floor abutting on the S.E. wall, and another of about half the size on the outer side of the E. border. From this crater a very remarkable cleft runs to the N. wall of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Cardanus Cardanus]: it is bordered on either side by a bright bank, and cuts through the N.E. border of the latter formation. It is best seen when the W. wall of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Cardanus Cardanus] is on the morning terminator.<br /> <br />  
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''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' KRAFFT.--A very similar object on the N., of about the same dimensions; with a central peak, and a large crater on the dark floor abutting on the S.E. wall, and another of about half the size on the outer side of the E. border. From this crater a very remarkable cleft runs to the N. wall of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Cardanus Cardanus]: it is bordered on either side by a bright bank, and cuts through the N.E. border of the latter formation. It is best seen when the W. wall of [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Cardanus Cardanus] is on the morning terminator.<br /> <br />  
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
==Description: Wikipedia==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krafft_(crater Krafft]<br /> <br />  
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krafft_(crater Krafft]<br /> <br />  
 
==Additional Information==
 
==Additional Information==
  Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20crater%20depths Kurt Fisher database]<br />  
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  Depth data from [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Kurt%20Fisher%20Crater%20Depths Kurt Fisher database]<br />  
 
* Westfall, 2000: 3.52 km
 
* Westfall, 2000: 3.52 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 1.25 km
 
* Viscardy, 1985: 1.25 km

Latest revision as of 02:56, 16 April 2018

Krafft

Lat: 16.6°N, Long: 72.6°W, Diam: 51 km, Depth: 3.52 km, Rükl: 17, Upper Imbrian

external image normal_Krafft_iv_174_h2_crop.jpgLuner Orbiter IV 174 H2

Images

LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images
Zond 7 (Krafft and environs, evening light).

Maps

(LAC zone 37C3) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

Description


Description: Elger

(IAU Directions) KRAFFT.--A very similar object on the N., of about the same dimensions; with a central peak, and a large crater on the dark floor abutting on the S.E. wall, and another of about half the size on the outer side of the E. border. From this crater a very remarkable cleft runs to the N. wall of Cardanus: it is bordered on either side by a bright bank, and cuts through the N.E. border of the latter formation. It is best seen when the W. wall of Cardanus is on the morning terminator.

Description: Wikipedia

Krafft

Additional Information

Depth data from Kurt Fisher database
  • Westfall, 2000: 3.52 km
  • Viscardy, 1985: 1.25 km
  • Cherrington, 1969: 2.01 km

Krafft H and Krafft K, both westward of Krafft itself, show curious double rim sections. See LO-IV-174-h2- DannyCaes Aug 6, 2014

Nomenclature

- Wolfgang Ludwig Krafft (1743-1814) was a German-Russian astronomer and physicist.
- Perhaps interesting to know that there was once a team of volcanologists (husband and wife) called the Kraffts (Katia and Maurice Krafft).- DannyCaes Nov 28, 2010
- Erroneously printed as "Kraft" (only one "f") instead of Krafft on page 67 (chart 27) in Chuck Wood's and Maurice Collins's 21st Century Atlas of the Moon (2012).- DannyCaes Jan 21, 2013

LPOD Articles

Astrophysicists Graveyard. Procellarum Twins

Bibliography

A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Harold Hill), pages 80, 81.