Xenophanes (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=57.5
N_or_S=N
longitude=82.0
E_or_W=W
diameter=125 km
depth=3.2 km
colong=86
eponym=Xenophanes

Xenophanes is a lunar crater that is located along the northwestern limb of the Moon. It is nearly attached to Volta crater, a similar formation to the south-southwest. To the northeast is the smaller Cleostratus crater. This crater is significantly foreshortened when viewed from the Earth, hindering observation.

This is a worn and eroded crater with a battered outer rim that is overlaid by several smaller craters. The rim is a circular range of rugged, irregular ground that is notched in places along the inner wall. A chain of small craters lies along the northern and northeastern rim. At the west end, a pair of clefts in the rim nearly join the floor to the surface beyond. To the northeast, 'Xenophanes A' is an impact crater with a sharp rim and a rough interior.

The interior surface is irregular, but sections have been resurfaced by basaltic-lava. A pair of flooded crater rims lie along the southern and northeast sections of the interior. The interior is more level and less rough at the eastern end.

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 Xenophanes crater.

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