Silberschlag
Silberschlag may refer to: *Johann Silberschlag (1721–1791), German Lutheran pastor (1753–1766) and natural scientist *Silberschlag (crater), a crater on the Moon named after him *Eisig Silberschlag Eisig Silberschlag (; January 8, 1903 – September 30, 1988) was a Galician-born American Hebrew poet, translator, and literary critic. He received the Tchernichovsky Prize in 1951 for his translations of Aristophanes and Menander into Hebrew ...

Johann Silberschlag
Johann Esaias Silberschlag (16 November 1721 – 22 November 1791) was a German Lutheran pastor (1753-1766) and natural scientist from Aschersleben, Principality of Halberstadt In 1760, he became an external member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ..., Privy Councillor in the newly founded Office for Public Works, Section of Mechanical Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering. In 1780 Silberschlag observed and described the Brocken bow (also called Brocken spectre). In his book Geonetics or Explanation of the Mosaic Creation according to Physical and Mathematical Foundations (''Geogonie oder Erklärung der mosaischen Erderschaffung nach physikalischen und mathematischen Grundlagen'') he tried to reconcile theology and sci ...
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Silberschlag (crater)
Silberschlag is a small, circular Impact crater in the central portion of the Moon. It was named after German astronomer Johann Silberschlag. It lies between the craters Agrippa to the southwest and Julius Caesar to the northeast. Silberschlag is bowl-shaped and is joined at the northern rim by a small ridge. Just to the north is the prominent Rima Ariadaeus, a wide, linear rille that runs toward the east-southeast. This cleft is about 220 kilometers in length, and continues to the edge of Mare Tranquillitatis Mare Tranquillitatis (Latin ''tranquillitātis'', the Sea of Tranquillity or Sea of Tranquility; see spelling differences) is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. It is the first location on another world to be ... to the east. 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 Silberschlag. References * * * * * * * * * ...
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