Silberschlag (crater)

Silberschlag
Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates6°12′N 12°30′E / 6.2°N 12.5°E / 6.2; 12.5
Diameter13 km
Depth2.5 km
Colongitude348° at sunrise
EponymJohann Silberschlag
The crater area in a Selenochromatic format Image (Si)
Silberschlag (below and left of center) and Rima Ariadaeus from Apollo 10. NASA photo.

Silberschlag is a small, circular Impact crater in the central portion of the Moon. It was named after German astronomer Johann Silberschlag.[1] It lies between the craters Agrippa to the southwest and Julius Caesar to the northeast. Silberschlag is bowl-shaped and is joined at the northern rim by a small ridge.

Just to the north is the prominent Rima Ariadaeus, a wide, linear rille that runs toward the east-southeast. This cleft is about 220 kilometers in length, and continues to the edge of Mare Tranquillitatis to the east.

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