Epigenes (moon crater)
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| Epigenes with side craters (north above; LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 67.5 ° N , 4.54 ° W | |
| diameter | 55 km | |
| depth | 3210 m | |
| Card sheet | 3 (PDF) | |
| Named after | Epigenes of Byzantium | |
| Named since | 1935 | |
| Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database | ||
Epigenes is an impact crater on the moon in the northernmost part of the moon's front. It lies south of the Anaxagoras crater and northwest of the W. Bond crater plain .
| Letter | position | diameter | link |
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| A. | 67 ° N , 0.42 ° W | 18 km | [1] |
| B. | 68.47 ° N , 3.24 ° W | 11 km | [2] |
| D. | 68.35 ° N , 0.14 ° O | 10 km | [3] |
| F. | 67.09 ° N , 8.15 ° W | 5 km | [4] |
| G | 68.96 ° N , 7.04 ° W | 5 km | [5] |
| H | 69.5 ° N , 6.35 ° W | 7 km | [6] |
| P | 65.48 ° N , 5.49 ° W | 38 km | [7] |
The crater was named by the IAU in 1935 after the Greek astronomer Epigenes of Byzantium .
