Tycho (crater)

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Tycho is a crater on the moon, which was named by Giovanni Riccioli after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. He is one of the most important lunar craters.

Tycho is a striking crater in the southern highlands of the Moon erdzugewandten page. It is located with its center at 43.3 ° south latitude and 11.2 ° selenografischer west longitude, near the Mare Nubium. Its diameter is 85 kilometers. Its depth is pronounced remarkably compared with the ratios of other lunar craters and measures of the heights of the crater walls 4850 meters. The inner slope of the rampart is terraced and has a slope of 34 degrees. The outer slope is inclined 26 degrees. Solidified lava flows show up on the slopes and on the crater floor. From the crater floor rises a central mountain range, a so-called central peak, up to an altitude of at least 1,600 meters; he has volcanic cones and vents.

Tycho has a very bright interior, and is also the center of the brightest and most extensive system of rays on the moon, which covers a large part of the front and makes it the most well-known ray crater. On one of the rays of Tycho the landing site of Apollo 17 on the basis of brought to Earth samples of powdery and mainly glass bead -like material was the age was determined to be about 100 million years and its emergence underpinned by the ejection of a large explosive strike at the site of Tycho. In addition, Apollo 20 was to land in the crater.

On the northern edge of the crater Surveyor 7 landed. In connection with Tycho there are a number of reports of TLP (transient lunar phenomena ).

Tycho in the film

  • In the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, the crater Tycho is the location of one of the famous monoliths.
  • In the film Tykho Moon by Enki Bilal is recreated in the crater of the city of Paris.
  • In Star Trek, is there in the 24th century the city " Tycho City".
  • In Moonbase Alpha 1 Tycho is the location of the lunar base.
  • In the series Captain Future Captain Future of the headquarters is located in the crater Tycho.
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