Weiss (crater)
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| Crater characteristics | |
| Coordinates | 31.8° S, 19.5° W |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 66 km |
| Depth | None |
| Colongitude | 20° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Edmund Weiss |
Weiss is a lunar crater along the southern edge of the Mare Nubium. Nearly attached to the southwest rim is Cichus crater, and Pitatus crater lies just over a crater diameter to the east-northeast. To the east-southeast lies the eroded Wurzelbauer crater.
The northern rim of this crater has been removed and the interior flooded by lava, leaving a nearly featureless surface. The southern half of the rim still survives, although it is eroded in places. This rim climbs to a height of 0.8 km above the base. The satellite crater 'Weiss E' lies at the northern edge of the interior floor, along the surviving remnant of the rim edge. A smaller crater just to the east of 'Weiss E' has incised the low rise along the northeastern side.
The crater is marked by traces of the ray system from the prominent Tycho crater, which lies several hundred kilometers to the southeast. To the north of Weiss crater is the rille designated Rima Hesiodus, named for Hesiodus crater to the northeast.
[edit] 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 Weiss crater.
| Weiss | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 30.5° S | 18.6° W | 4 km |
| B | 31.2° S | 18.4° W | 10 km |
| D | 30.7° S | 20.3° W | 9 km |
| E | 31.1° S | 19.2° W | 17 km |
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