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60 - Seleucus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 October 2012

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Seleucus 21.0°N, 66.6°W

Seleucus is a prominent crater, east of Eddington, with a diameter of 43 km. It exhibits terraced inner walls and a small central peak. The eastern wall is covered in bright streaks, consisting of ejecta that originated in the distant crater Glushko (formerly known as Olbers A, 43 km).

Briggs 26.5°N, 69.1°W

A crater, 37 km in diameter, with a mountain ridge on its floor.

Eddington 21.3°N, 72.2°W

Struve 22.4°N, 77.1°W

Russell 26.5°N, 75.4°W

Eddington, Struve and Russell are impressive examples of large, lava-flooded craters with completely smooth floors. They lie close to the northwestern limb of the Moon, and are best observed under favourable libration angles. The crater diameters are 118, 164 and 103 km respectively. Struve and Russell merge into one another, and Eddington lies to the east of Struve. The 80° lunar meridian runs along the western wall of Struve.

Schiaparelli 23.4°N, 58.8°W

Schiaparelli is a conspicuous crater, 24 km in diameter, named after the Italian astronomer Schiaparelli, who initiated the long debate over martian canals. Schiaparelli lies at the end (or the beginning) of the 200-km long mare wrinkle ridges known as Dorsa Burnet. A bright streak of ejected material ends southwest of Schiaparelli. To the east lies the prominent Aristarchus plateau with Vallis Schröteri.

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Print publication year: 2012

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