- Mutus (crater)
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Mutus (crater) Coordinates 63°36′S 30°06′E / 63.6°S 30.1°ECoordinates: 63°36′S 30°06′E / 63.6°S 30.1°E Diameter 78 km Depth 3.7 km Colongitude 333° at sunrise Eponym Vincente Mut Mutus is a lunar crater that is located in the rugged southern part of the Moon. It lies to the north-northeast of the larger crater Manzinus, and some distance to the south of Hommel. It is 78 kilometers in diameter and 3.7 kilometers deep. It is from the Pre-Nectarian period, 4.55 to 3.92 billion years ago.[1]
The outer rim of Mutus is worn and eroded, with a pair of small but notable craters, Mutus A and Mutus V, lying across the eastern rim. A number of other tiny craters lay along the rim and the interior wall. Another crater, Mutus B, is located on the crater floor, just to the south of the mid-point. The remainder of the interior is relatively flat, and punctuated by several tiny craterlets to the north of Mutus B.[2]
Mutus is named for Vincente Mut (Muth), a 17th-century Spanish astronomer and sailor.[1]
Satellite 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 Mutus.[3]
Mutus Latitude Longitude Diameter A 63.8° S 31.8° E 16 km B 63.9° S 29.5° E 17 km C 61.2° S 27.2° E 32 km D 58.4° S 23.3° E 22 km E 65.5° S 36.1° E 22 km F 66.2° S 34.1° E 42 km G 67.2° S 35.1° E 17 km H 63.6° S 24.2° E 21 km J 62.7° S 23.3° E 8 km K 57.8° S 21.5° E 7 km L 61.8° S 24.9° E 20 km M 59.1° S 24.4° E 20 km N 62.4° S 27.6° E 11 km O 57.7° S 23.8° E 14 km P 59.1° S 25.7° E 16 km Q 62.2° S 30.4° E 8 km R 60.8° S 23.9° E 27 km S 60.5° S 22.0° E 25 km T 59.2° S 21.2° E 34 km V 62.9° S 31.3° E 24 km W 66.6° S 40.0° E 21 km X 67.1° S 36.8° E 21 km Y 64.8° S 35.0° E 26 km Z 64.0° S 34.5° E 30 km References
- ^ a b Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
- ^ Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
- ^ Bussey, B.; Spudis, P., (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
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