Lansberg (crater)
Encyclopedia
Lansberg is a lunar
impact crater
on the Mare Insularum
. It can be located by following a line south-southwest from Copernicus
to Reinhold
, then southwest to Lansberg. The crater has a high rim and a central mountain. There are terraces along the inner walls, and the tops have slumped to produce a sharp edge. This formation is not noticeably eroded, and there are no significant impact craters within the interior.
The crater is correctly spelled "Lansberg", but has sometimes been written "Landsberg" instead.
To the southeast of Lansberg is the landing site of the Luna 5
probe.
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impact crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
on the Mare Insularum
Mare Insularum
Mare Insularum is a lunar mare located in the Insularum basin just south of Mare Imbrium. The basin material is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, with the mare material of the Upper Imbrian epoch. The mare is bordered by the craters Copernicus on the east, and Kepler on the west...
. It can be located by following a line south-southwest from Copernicus
Copernicus (lunar crater)
Copernicus is a prominent lunar impact crater named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, located in eastern Oceanus Procellarum. It is estimated to be about 800 million years old, and typifies craters that formed during the Copernican period in that it has a prominent ray system.-...
to Reinhold
Reinhold (crater)
Reinhold is a prominent lunar impact crater that lies to the south-southwest of the crater Copernicus, on the Mare Insularum. To the southeast is the slightly smaller crater Lansberg....
, then southwest to Lansberg. The crater has a high rim and a central mountain. There are terraces along the inner walls, and the tops have slumped to produce a sharp edge. This formation is not noticeably eroded, and there are no significant impact craters within the interior.
The crater is correctly spelled "Lansberg", but has sometimes been written "Landsberg" instead.
To the southeast of Lansberg is the landing site of the Luna 5
Luna 5
Luna 5 was an unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 5. It was designed to continue investigations of a lunar soft landing. The retrorocket system failed, and the spacecraft impacted the lunar surface at the Sea of Clouds....
probe.
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 Lansberg.Lansberg | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter |
---|---|---|---|
A | 0.2° N | 31.1° W | 9 km |
B | 2.5° S | 28.1° W | 9 km |
C | 1.5° S | 29.2° W | 17 km |
D | 3.0° S | 30.6° W | 11 km |
E | 1.8° S | 30.3° W | 6 km |
F | 2.2° S | 30.7° W | 9 km |
G | 0.6° S | 29.4° W | 10 km |
L | 3.5° S | 26.4° W | 5 km |
N | 1.9° S | 26.4° W | 4 km |
P | 2.3° S | 23.0° W | 2 km |
X | 1.2° N | 27.8° W | 3 km |
Y | 0.7° N | 28.2° W | 4 km |