Fabricius (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=49.2
N_or_S=S
longitude=42.0
E_or_W=E
diameter=78 km
depth=2.5 km
colong=319
eponym=David Fabricius

Fabricus is a lunar impact crater that is located within the northeast part of the Janssen walled plain. Attached to the north-northwest rim is the slightly larger Metius crater. The crater has multiple central peaks that rise to 0.8 km, with a rugged rise to the northwest running north-south. The rim is lumpy and somewhat distended, most noticeably to the southwest and south. [cite book
first=Antonín | last=Rükl | authorlink=Antonín Rükl
year=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon
publisher=Kalmbach Books
id=ISBN 0-913135-17-8 ] It is 78 kilometers in diameter and 2,500 meters deep. It is from the Eratosthenian period, 3.2 to 1.1 billion years ago. It is named after David Fabricius, a 16th century German astronomer. ["Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition". CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.]

atellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Fabricius crater. [cite book
author=Bussey, B.; Spudis, P.,
year=2004 | title=The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York
id=ISBN 0-521-81528-2 ]

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