Santbech (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=20.9
N_or_S=S
longitude=44.0
E_or_W=E [cite web
title=Lunar Crater Statistics | work=lunar.arc.nasa.gov
url=http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/science/atlas/text/cratertex_s.html
accessdate=October 18
accessyear=2007]
diameter=64 km
depth=4.5 km
colong=317
eponym=Daniel S. Noviomagus

Santbech is a lunar impact crater that is located to the southeast of Mare Nectaris. It lies south-southwest of the prominent Colombo crater. About a crater diameter to the east-northeast is the smaller Monge crater. The terrain about the crater, although rugged in places, has been flooded by lava and so has a low albedo and a relatively flat surface. It was named after 16th century Dutch mathematician and astronomer Daniel Santbech Noviomagus. It is from the Pre-Imbrian period, 4.55 to 3.85 billion years ago."Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition". CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.]

The outer rim of this crater stands above the surrounding terrain, with an irregular outer . The rim perimeter is somewhat irregular, and has been disturbed in several locations by subsequent impacts. There are small craters along the eastern and northwestern rim, and an asymmetrical formation along the southern inner wall. The northern rim is uneven, with a diagonal gouge running to the southeast. Much of the interior floor is level and nearly featureless, with a small central peak offset to the north-northeast of the mid-point.

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 Santbech crater. [cite book
author=Bussey, B.; Spudis, P.,
year=2004 | title=The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York
id=ISBN 0-521-81528-2 ]

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