Kinau (crater)

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The lunar crater Kinau is located on the near side of the moon in deep southern latitudes, southeast of the crater Jacobi. It is a small, heavily eroded by subsequent impacts crater.

The rim has been severely damaged by later impacts, and is overlain by two small craters. The crater floor is nearly featureless, apart from tiny impact craters.

History

It was originally established in 1837 by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Beer and Mädler in her book The Moon listed as Jacobi D. 1876 ​​struck Edmund Neison ( Edmund Neville ) in The Moon; and the Condition and Configuration of its Surface right to name this crater in honor of Selenographen Kinau. The IAU 1932 followed this proposal.

1938 published with the historical department of the British Astronomical Association ( BAA ) Who's Who on the Moon. It is named as a botanist and selenograph CA Kinau called, said to have been on the South Bohemian possessions of Prince Schwarzenberg, an official and in 1842 two books on mushrooms and poisonous plants is said to have published. This information can also be found in the official lists of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Historians who are preparing for a reissue of the Who's Who ... and on the other independent books on moon observer, but no trace of a botanist Kinau could find despite the global search. In the long only known item Kinaus in Jahns Weekly conversations ... he is presented as a sermon Official Candidat Kinau teacher at the boys' school in Schönebeck near Magdeburg. This biographical details clearly result in the later Suhler pastor Gottfried Adolf Kinau.

In early April 2007, the namesake CA Kinau was in the lists of the U.S. Geological Survey replaced by Adolph Gottfried Kinau.