T. Mayer (crater)

T. Mayer
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates15°36′N 29°06′W / 15.6°N 29.1°W / 15.6; -29.1
Diameter33 km
Depth2.9 km
Colongitude29° at sunrise
EponymTobias Mayer
R. Mayer crater area in a selenochromatic-rectified Image (Si-ARP).More infos here : https://www.gawh.it/main/selenocromatica
T. Mayer and its surroundings

T. Mayer, or Tobias Mayer, is a lunar impact crater that is located at the western end of the Montes Carpatus mountain range along the southern edge of Mare Imbrium. It was named after German astronomer Tobias Mayer.[1] To the west is the Oceanus Procellarum, and to the south is Mare Insularum. The crater is located a couple of hundred kilometers to the northwest of the prominent crater Copernicus.

The name T. Mayer was first given to this crater by Johann Hieronymus Schröter in 1802.

  1. ^ "T. Mayer (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.