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.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Silberschlag.
Silberschlag
Latitude
Longitude
Diameter
A
6.9° N
13.2° E
7 km
D
7.5° N
11.2° E
4 km
E
5.2° N
12.8° E
4 km
G
5.7° N
13.8° E
3 km
P
6.7° N
12.0° E
25 km
S
8.0° N
12.1° E
34 km
References
^"Silberschlag (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
Andersson, L. E.;
Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by the Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews. 12 (2): 136–186.
Bibcode:
1971SSRv...12..136M.
doi:
10.1007/BF00171763.
S2CID122125855.