Lacus Aestatis
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| position | 14.83 ° S , 68.57 ° W | |
| diameter | 86 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
Lacus Aestatis - Latin for summer lake - is a frozen lava lake on the moon . The name was given by the International Astronomical Union in 1970. The original name was Mare Aestatis , by the German astronomer and selenographer Julius Franz (1847-1913).
The mare area consists of two dark gray elongated levels. The entire basalt area has an average diameter of 90 kilometers and takes up about 1000 km². The lake is located in the west of the moon side facing the earth at the selenographic coordinates 15 ° south and 69 ° west, between the craters Rocca in the north-west and Crüger in the south-east, which also has a dark bottom.
Web links
- The-moon.wikispaces.com: Lacus Aestatis (English)