- Fontana (lunar crater)
lunar crater data
latitude=16.1
N_or_S=S
longitude=56.6
E_or_W=W
diameter=31 km
depth=1.5 km
colong=57
eponym=Francesco Fontana Fontana is a lunar crater that is located in the southwestern part of the
Moon 's near side, to the south of theOceanus Procellarum . It lies to the west-northwest of the flooded Zupus crater. Midway between the Fontana and Zupus crater is arille system designated "Rimae Zupus".This is a low-rimmed crater with an interior floor that is marked only by several small craterlets, and a few low ridges in the southwest. The rim is narrow and roughly circular, with an outward bulge at the northern end. There is a cleft in the northeastern part of the rim.
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 Fontana crater.
References
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