Purbach (crater)

Purbach is a large lunar crater located in the
rugged southern highlands of the Moon. The distorted
crater Regiomontanus is attached
to the southern rim. To the northwest is Thebit crater
and just to the northeast lies the La Caille crater.

The outer wall of Purbach is heavily worn, with the most intact
section being along the east and northeast sides. The shared rim
between Purbach and Regiomontanus is incised and rugged. The wall
is distorted along the western edge, giving the appearance of a
double-rim, with the second rim distended toward the west. The
northern wall is almost completely destroyed, and somewhat
irregular 'Purbach G' lies across the northwest rim.

The crater floor is relatively smooth in the eastern half, with a
low series of ridges and a partial "ghost-crater
outline just to the west of the crater mid-point. If the crater
possessed a central peak, it has either been removed or forms part
of the ridges to the west.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the
letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Purbach
crater.

NodeWorks boosts web surfing!

Page Returned in 0.047 seconds - HTML Compressed 68.6%

This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.