Lacus Bonitatis
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| Lacus Bonitatis and surroundings ( LROC -WAC) | ||
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| position | 23.18 ° N , 44.32 ° E | |
| diameter | 122 km | |
| See also Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature | ||
Lacus Bonitatis - Latin for lake of goodness - is a solidified lava lake on the moon , the origin of which resembles the larger Maria . The name was established by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.
The dark gray, irregular plain has a mean diameter of 92 kilometers and is located in the northeast of the moon side facing the earth at the selenographic coordinates 23 ° 12 'north and 43 ° 42' east, northwest at the Macrobius crater . To the west of the formation is the Marebeach Sinus Amoris and to the northwest the Montes Taurus .
Web links
- The-moon.wikispaces.com: Lacus Bonitatis (English)
Lacus Bonitatis as captured by the Clementine spacecraft . At the bottom right the 64 km wide Macrobius crater .