Cauchy (crater)

Cauchy (crater)

lunar crater data


caption=Cauchy crater is in the upper right quadrant between "Rupes Cauchy" and "Rimae Cauchy". "NASA photo."
latitude=9.6
N_or_S=N
longitude=38.6
E_or_W=E
diameter=12 km
depth=2.6 km
colong=321
eponym=Augustin L. Cauchy

Cauchy is a small lunar impact crater on the eastern Mare Tranquillitatis. It is circular and symmetric, with a small interior floor at the mid-point of the sloping inner walls. Due to the high albedo of this bowl-shaped formation, it is particularly prominent at full moon. Just to the northeast of the rim of this crater is the wide rille named "Rima Cauchy", a 210-kilometer-long cleft following a line to the northwest.

Southwest of Cauchy crater is a 120-km fault in the surface named the "Rupes Cauchy". This wall parallels the "Rima Cauchy" to the northwest. South of "Rupes Cauchy" are two lunar domes designated Omega (ω) Cauchy and Tau (τ) Cauchy. They lie to the south and southwest of Cauchy crater respectively. Each lunar dome has a tiny craterlet at the crest.

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 Cauchy crater.

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