Smithson (crater)

Smithson (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=2.4
N_or_S=N
longitude=53.6
E_or_W=E
diameter=5 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=308
eponym=James Smithson

Smithson is a small lunar impact crater located in the northeast part of Mare Fecunditatis. It is a circular, cup-shaped feature with a slightly higher albedo than the surrounding, dark lunar mare. It was previously identified as 'Taruntius N' before being renamed by the IAU. Taruntius crater lies to the west-northwest, in the northwest part of the same mare.

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