Schubert (lunar crater)

Schubert (lunar crater)

240px Apollo 16 Mapping Camera image of Schubert crater (above right of center) and Back crater (below left of center)
Coordinates
Diameter	54 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	280° at sunrise
Eponym	Theodor F. von Schubert

File:Schubert crater vicinity AS15-M-0795.jpg

Oblique view of Schubert and vicinity, facing west, from Apollo 15

Schubert is a lunar impact crater that lies near the eastern limb of the Moon's near side. The crater is located to the northwest of the Mare Smythii, and southwest of the prominent crater Neper. Nearly attached to the southern rim is the crater Back.

Schubert is a nearly circular crater formation that has not suffered significant erosion from subsequent impacts, and retains a well-defined rim. The interior surface is generally flat, a few low hills near the center.

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 Schubert.

Schubert	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	2.1° N	79.3° E	2 km
C	1.8° N	84.6° E	31 km
E	4.0° N	78.6° E	27 km
F	3.2° N	77.9° E	35 km
G	4.1° N	75.2° E	56 km
H	1.4° N	76.1° E	31 km
J	0.1° S	78.9° E	20 km
K	2.3° N	75.9° E	29 km
N	1.8° N	72.7° E	75 km
X	0.3° N	76.8° E	51 km

The following craters have been renamed by the IAU.

• Schubert B — See Back (crater).
• Schubert Y — See Nobili (crater).
• Schubert Z — See Jenkins (crater).

• Schubert F crater AS16-M-2904.jpg

  The low-albedo, flat-floored crater Schubert F

• Schubert F crater 1025 med.jpg

  Schubert F from Lunar Orbiter 1

• Schubert C crater AS15-M-0347.jpg

  Schubert C, in Mare Smythii

Schubert C is called Doyle on some older maps, but this name was not approved by the IAU.