Albert Einstein Plaque/Einstein Lunar Crater - Prague, Czech Republic
N 50° 05.238 E 014° 25.312
33U E 458642 N 5548497
Einstein Crater is a lunar crater named after Albert Einstein. The memorial plaque of Albert Einstein is located in the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic.
Waymark Code: WMM88F
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/09/2014
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The following information about the Einstein Crater comes from Wikipedia (
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"Einstein is a large lunar crater that lies along the western limb of the Moon, making it difficult to observe from the Earth. The visibility of this formation is affected by libration effects, but even under the best conditions not much detail can be observed except from lunar orbit. Nearby craters of note include Moseley just to the north, Dalton along the eastern rim, Vasco da Gama just to the southeast, and Bohr to the south-southeast. The formation Vallis Bohr is visible to the south.
The outer rim of this walled plain has been all but obliterated by many small impacts. Only along the eastern wall, where it joins Dalton crater, does a significant rim still survive. Occupying the center of the interior floor is Einstein A, an impact crater with terraced inner walls and a central peak. The outer rampart of this concentric crater spreads across the interior floor, covering over half the diameter of Einstein. Several smaller craters also lie scattered across the floor, but there are sections of relatively flat surface in the southwest part of the floor. Two small craters on the west side have fissured floors. These are believed to be secondary craters from the Orientale impact to the south.
Because it is only visible under very favorable conditions, this crater was only discovered as recently as 1952 by Patrick Moore. The original name for this formation was 'Caramuel', but it was later changed to Einstein by the IAU in 1964."
The following English text is provided on the Einstein memorial plaque:
"Here, in the salon of Mrs. Berta Fanta, Albert Einstein, professor at Prague University in 1911 to 1912, founder of the theory of relativity, Nobel Prize winner, played the violin and met his friends, famous writers Max Brod and Franz Kafka"