Cleostratus (moon crater)
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| Cleostratus and to the southwest of it Xenophanes ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 60.36 ° N , 77.36 ° W | |
| diameter | 64 km | |
| Card sheet | 10 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Cleostratos of Tenedos | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Cleostratus is an impact crater on the moon . It is located on the northwestern edge of the front of the moon . Due to its peripheral location, it appears strongly distorted from the earth and is not always visible due to the libration . It is located southeast of Pythagoras and northeast of Oceanus Procellarum .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 62.64 ° N , 77.59 ° W | 36 km | [1] |
| E. | 60.91 ° N , 79.7 ° W | 21 km | [2] |
| F. | 61.5 ° N , 80.59 ° W | 49 km | [3] |
| H | 61.24 ° N , 82 ° W | 13 km | [4] |
| J | 61.4 ° N , 83.66 ° W | 19 km | [5] |
| K | 62 ° N , 81.09 ° W | 17 km | [6] |
| L. | 62.27 ° N , 79.3 ° W | 10 km | [7] |
| M. | 61.5 ° N , 75.16 ° W | 9 km | [8th] |
| N | 60.64 ° N , 73.73 ° W | 5 km | [9] |
| P | 59.57 ° N , 73.19 ° W | 7 km | [10] |
| R. | 58.89 ° N , 73.24 ° W | 6 km | [11] |
The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after Cleostratos of Tenedos .
Web links
- Cleostratus in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- Cleostratus on The-Moon Wiki
