Lindenau (crater)

Lindenau is a lunar impact crater. It is located beside the east-southeastern rim of the crater Zagut, and to the northeast of Rabbi Levi. To the northeast is the slightly smaller crater Rothmann and the Rupes Altai scarp.

Lindenau
Lunar Orbiter 4 image, North on the photo is diagonally at about 35 degrees
Coordinates32.35°S 24.77°E / -32.35; 24.77
Diameter53.08 km
Depth2.9 km[1]
Colongitude336° at sunrise
EponymBernhard von Lindenau

The rim of this crater has received very little wear, in contrast to the neighboring craters to the west and southwest. The edge is sharp, with a small outer rampart, and there are terraces along parts of the interior wall. Along the western edge is a small outward protrusion where the inner face has slumped somewhat. The interior floor is irregular in places, and there is a formation of central peaks about the midpoint.[2][3] It is from the Upper Imbrian period, 3.8 to 3.2 billion years ago.[4]

It is named after 19th century German astronomer Bernhard von Lindenau.[5][1]

Satellite craters
Lindenau crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Lindenau.[6]

Lindenau Latitude Longitude Diameter
D 30.4° S 24.9° E 10 km
E 31.6° S 26.5° E 8 km
F 32.4° S 26.4° E 10 km
G 33.2° S 27.3° E 10 km
H 31.3° S 26.3° E 11 km

References
  1. Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
  2. Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 0-304-35469-4.
  3. Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
  4. 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.
  5. "Lindenau (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
  6. Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.

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