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Fauth is a small double- crater located at the edge of the rough southern ramparts of the prominent ray crater
Fauth at The Moon Wiki
* {{Craters on the Moon: C-F Impact craters on the Moon
Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formula ...
on the Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width ...
. It lies in the Mare Insularum
Mare Insularum (Latin ''īnsulārum'', the "sea of islands") is a lunar mare located in the Insularum basin just south of the western Mare Imbrium. The basin material is of the Lower Imbrian epoch, with the mare material of the Upper Imbrian e ...
, to the northeast of the crater Reinhold
Reinhold is a German male given name. This German name is originally from "Reinold", composed of two elements. The first is from ''ragin'', meaning "the (Germanic) Gods" and ''wald'' meaning "powerful".
This name was popularised by the ancient Ge ...
. The crater is named after German selenographer Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth.
This formation is composed of the merged craters Fauth and the slightly smaller Fauth A. The latter craterlet cuts into the southern rim of Fauth, and has a radius of 9.6 kilometers. Fauth is most likely a secondary crater that was created by the formation of Copernicus.
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 Fauth.
References
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Fauth at The Moon Wiki
* {{Craters on the Moon: C-F Impact craters on the Moon