Hipparchus (lunar crater)

This article is about the crater on the Moon. For the crater on Mars, see Hipparchus (Martian crater).
Crater area (bottom) in selenochromatic Image (Si) with some landmarks. More infos here : https://www.gawh.it/main/selenocromatica
Hipparchus
LRO image of Hipparchus
Coordinates5°30′S 4°48′E / 5.5°S 4.8°E / -5.5; 4.8
Diameter150 km
Depth3.3 km
Colongitude354° at sunrise
EponymHipparchus

Hipparchus is the degraded remnant of a lunar impact crater. It was named after the Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician Hipparchus.[1] It is located to the southeast of Sinus Medii, near the center of the visible Moon. To the south is the prominent crater Albategnius, and to the southwest lies Ptolemaeus, a feature of comparable dimensions to Hipparchus. Horrocks lies entirely within the northeast rim of the crater. Halley is attached to the south rim, and Hind lies to the southeast. To the north-northeast is the bowl-shaped Pickering, and the flooded Saunder is located off the northeast rim. High-resolution images of Hipparchus were obtained by Lunar Orbiter 5 in 1967.

  1. ^ "Hipparchus (lunar crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.